Greetings and welcome!
Two big updates for the weekend-
Item one.. Fall colors.. The fall colors really took off this week. Tuesday night I was driving home thinking how green and bland it was for late September, Wednesday night on the same road had a lot more color.
Now the early ones are really going off. Chris said that it was a nice ride out from Crivitz with all of the colors. I can tell in the back yard too, as the maples are really coming in today and yesterday.
It is surprising how fast that the Fall color came in. Earlier this week it wasn’t worth taking a ride, today it definately is.
Item Two- The weather-
We have had a drab cool week with occasional light rain. This is the result of what is known as a cut off low pressure system. The low pressure area is stuck between jet streams and just kind of grinding away in one spot. It is cut off from any significant moisture like a Gulf of Mexico moisture tap, thus the name, and the light and occasional nature of the rain.
The reason that I am sharing all of this is because our cut off low was supposed to move east by now and leave us a nice weekend, but the models and forecasts have it sticking around until about Tuesday now. That will introduce a chance of the occasional rain shower daily.
The NWS has a 20% chance of rain for Saturday, and a 40% chance Saturday night through Monday night. Tuesday it drops to 30% as the low is finally expected to move east. The TV was less optimistic about Saturday, but had Suunday nicer.
Personally I am not going to let it wash out my weekend, but I will be ready for rain. The brighter side of it is that damp overcast days really make the fall colors stand out, and where the early maples are coming in it should really be vivid.
That is about it from here. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB