Greetings and welcome!
It was not the week for weather that I was expecting. We had a rowdy storm Tuesday afternoon that brought some gusty winds and rain so hard I could only see about 100 yards. It was all over in about 20 minutes. I saw two trees down from the storm, but they were ready to come down anyway. We didn’t lose power, but Crivitz did.
The battleground where all of the big storms were stayed downstate this week, and some of those areas got disastrous flooding again. We ended up with a hot humid week that stayed in the 80s.
The weekend forecast is a strange one. The NWS has us at a 70% chance of rain/storms tonight, 40% Saturday and Sunday, and 30% Saturday night. The TV says a chance tonight, and a minor chance Saturday night, and a better chance Sunday night. My guidance suggests that tonight and Saturday night would be our best chance. Temps from the NWS are 77 Saturday and 74 Sunday. I will inject that Saturday will be humid.
As jumbled as the forecast is, I don’t see anything that would merit adjusting plans. As always be ready for a passing shower or storm.
The whitewater rafting will again be outstanding this weekend. The Peshtigo River is at about a +8, yet another record for today since they started keeping records in 1998. Normally we would be around 200CFS, pretty close to un-runnable. Today we are at 552. I consider anything over 300cfs the fun zone. Get it while you can!
This weekend is hog wrestling weekend at the Caldron Falls Bar. They have new owners so there will be some minor changes like different T-shirts and vendors, and many new food offerings from the new owner’s barbeque catering service. There will be karaoke tonight, and there will be live music in the daytime tomorrow too. Beyond that it is business as usual with the hog wrestling, band at night and fireworks to close the event. They also have a fancy new web site.
This weekend is also popular with the OWI task force and a wide variety of law enforcement looking for people getting out of line. Use a taxi, shuttle, or a safe ride home if you are going to indulge.
I promised some cool pictures, here we go. I paid a price for some of these, which reminds me, bring REPEL.
As usual the clock is not my friend so I have to run along. Have a fun weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB