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Greetings and welcome!
We have a cold front heading this way that is about to change our weather in a very dramatic way. Yesterday and today were about 87, a little above the normal high of 70. Tomorrow after the front passes we are looking at high temperatures in the upper 60s or low 70s.
As the week progresses the cool weather deepens. Wednesday we are looking at a hi/lo of 53/35 and Thursday, 55/29. There are a couple of chances for frost this week.
As far as precip, there is a chance of some rain Tuesday night into Wednesday. With the temp Tuesday night in the 37-42º range, I had to check upper layer temperatures to see if that could bring the first sleety snowflakes of the season. And the verdict is.. probably not.
In order to have snow I look for the 850Mb temperatures (measured a few thousand feet up) to be -4C or colder. The 0C line will pass over us, but it isn’t much colder than that behind the line. The next temperature gradient, -10C is still way up by the Arctic Circle.
With the way that the low pressure system and the high behind it will be working in tandem to bring cold air in from the north like a pump it might be close, but unless the air to the north cools off a little more than the models show now, it is a probably not.
The weekend looks pretty nice with temps around 65-70 and lows around 40. There is a chance of rain again Monday.
The leaves have started changing and some of the underbrush is dying back, but there isn’t much for color yet. When we were in Lakewood and Townsend Friday you could tell that the trees were a lighter green than in summer, but they were still green. There are a few splashes of color here and there on early maples, but they are just getting started. The ferns and cat tails are dying back, as are some other brush plants. The color is coming, but it isn’t here yet.
Last weekend kicked off the bear hunting season with hunting for dogs. This weekend kicks off more hunting seasons as bow deer hunting opens, along with small game, crow, and turkey. There is an additional bear season that opens Wednesday, and a youth waterfowl season over the weekend.
I filled in as a bartender Saturday night at Rapids Resort and my crowd had a lot of bear hunters. You guys were very fun, thank you very much.
Something that I picked up on the DNR site.. This bow deer season will be the longest ever. Bow hunters can now hunt during the gun season, but they have to wear orange. With the Friday before opening day closed to all deer hunting, that is the line between early and late season bow. Otherwise it runs from Sept 17th to Jan 8th.
No I didn’t miss the grouse hunting starts this weekend, I just wanted to give it it’s own treatment. The big news here is that the DNR says that drumming surveys are up 39% over last year. And..
In northern Wisconsin, survey data suggest a current grouse population as high as any since the early 1970s. 2011 likely marks the current peak population for grouse in Wisconsin, and hunters should therefore plan to take advantage of outstanding grouse hunting opportunities this fall.
Ya gotta like that.
The TV news tonight brought the tragic story of a 19 year old woman who died in an ATV accident near Silver Cliff this past Saturday. The report said that rough terrain threw her from the ATV and it rolled onto her. Our hearts and prayers go out to her family and friends.
Slug sent in some pictures of where the Wausaukee Tornado came through the swamp by him. This one shows the damage well. Also of interest is how it is an a circular pattern from a bird’s eye view. That is one of the ways the the NWS establishes if damage was from a tornado with a circular debris field, or from straight line winds with a more directional debris field.
I think that is going to about wrap it up for tonight’s full moon report. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB