Greetings and welcome!
I was expecting an intense week and that is what I got. I put on close to 150 miles yesterday and will do most of that again today. Again I am starting with my update here first so that it doesn’t get passed by.
Yesterday at about 6pm the skies got very dark and an intense thunderstorm hit. It was red and orange and in a few spots almost black on the radar. Here on the ground it rained about as hard as it can. The rain came in sheets and was falling so hard that I could barely make out the silhouette of the tree line 500′ behind the house. There was plenty of thunder and lightning too.
Today we have a little nicer weather on tap, then we are in for a hot weekend. The weather for today looks great with sunny skies and about 75 for a high. I will take all of that I can get.
Saturday and Sunday on the other hand look very hot and humid. The TV is saying upper 80s for both days and that is on track with the NWS forecast too. The humidity will be there with dew points in the low 60s. Saturday and Saturday night the forecast includes some wind. The forecast Saturday is for 7-17mph winds gusting to 33mph. The wind numbers only change a little for Saturday night.
There are rain chances for Saturday night (40%) and again Sunday afternoon (50%) and evening (70%). With the amount of heat and humidity in the atmosphere there could be some good downpours, but with only 1,500J/kg CAPE values we are on the low end of risk for severe weather.
Next week could get interesting as the boundary between the really warm moist air mass and cooler dry air sets up a battleground that is expected to be somewhere within about 100 miles of here. That will bring hot weather and a lot of chances for rain and storms. That is kind of a wait n see type of thing, exactly where the battleground will be is very difficult to predict.
So it is going to be a hot weekend. What do you do? Get wet! The whitewater rafting will again be outstanding this weekend. With a couple of good downpours this week the Peshtigo River is at near record levels for today. The mean flow for today based on 19 years of records is 434cfs. This morning we are at 910cfs. The record is 938. That translates into about a +14 or 15″ of water. People are in for an awesome weekend on the river.
I have two events for the weekend so far. One is a free pig roast, meat raffle, and ATV trail ride with the Red Arrow Snowmobile & ATV Club in Townsend. The trail ride starts at 9:30am and returns to the Old Town Hall restaurant by 2pm for the pig roast and other activities.
The other item on the events list is the Oconto County Breakfast on the Farm. That is being held in Lena.
This week I did escape the madness long enough to take Chris fishing Wednesday evening. We were a little limited for time so we were on the hunt for some hungry bluegills. It was a good day of catching, and I kind of wish I would have started keeping them. We tied into some nice ones, and the action was pretty steady.The scenery was nice too with some nice reflections in the calm water, a duck family with little ones, and a big blue heron that apparently was only fishing a few hundred yards from where we were. It was a nice afternoon in the boat. I will have a few pictures below.
When loading the boat back up onto the trailer I ended up with wet feet (no surprise). I liked that the water wasn’t much of a shock as far as temperature goes. In my mind the beach season is officially here with reasonable water temperatures.
The bugs haven’t been bugging me too much this week, but were present. Yesterday afternoon I went to look at a car and apparently stumbled into the mothership of mosquitoes. There was a row of big full pines near the car, and some wetlands were only about 50 yards away. I walked near the pines and was met with a cloud of gators that was just amazing. If you happen into a spot like that Repel 40 is your best friend.
It looks like a pretty decent summer weekend ahead. Hopefully a lot of people get out and enjoy it.
That is about it for this morning. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB
