Greetings and welcome!
We have high wind warnings and advisories out tonight. So far it hasn’t been too bad around my house. Athelstane Weather is showing 10-25mph winds with the max gust of 34mph at 6:46pm. The 9pm news reported similar numbers.
There are some power outages as trees and branches fall on lines or lines blown down. Here is a WPS page that shows where the outages are by zip code. So far the lights have stayed on here, but they have been doing a little flickering.
It looks like not all of my neighbors are as lucky. The top outage area is 54114. That is from Crivitz west to about Crooked Lake and north to about Caldron Falls Flowage. That area is a big zone, and as of 9:30pm, 2396 people are out of power, 33.90%. Sometimes those numbers are deceiving as they cut areas off to effect repairs more quickly.
I will get a better handle on any damage once the sun comes up and I get out to take a look around. So far it doesn’t seem too bad. There were a couple of good gusts, and a fair amount of sustained wind, but other than a few things blowing around, there is no damage here at my house.
The fall colors are close to their peak. The early bright red and yellow maples are there. A lot of trees and brush are just coming into peak color. It was very pretty on Chris’s ride out from Crivitz today, and on my ride for gas for the generator this afternoon.
The rain and high winds aren’t helpful for weekend people seeking peak color. It might help drop some of the early leaves, but a lot of the trees just coming in should be able to take it. Again I will get a better idea of what it looks like in the morning, but I am pretty sure that this weekend will still be a good show of color.
The rain from the cut off low and from this storm have been adding up. We have seen about 2 3/4″ of rain in the last two weeks, and about 1.5″ since Monday according to the USGS gauge by Kosir’s.
Today’s storm had a lot of energy associated with it, and in combination with high pressure behind it, the storm will be bringing in a big shot of cold air in from the north. We are expecting a cold night Friday night, possibly into the upper 20s.
Saturday and Sunday look pretty nice. We are expecting a mostly clear weekend with a high of about 55 Saturday and 65 Sunday. With clear nights and a cool air mass, expect crisp nights in the mid-30s.
There is a warming trend coming on the other side of the big high pressure, and next week looks very nice with temps getting up to about 70.
Good news came in about the German Sheppard that was found. The owners weren’t found, but a good home for him was. Very nice.
Dan P asked about the status of the Parkway Rd construction (Hwy I) north of Hwy C. I haven’t been up that way in a week or so, but it was pretty much finished other than some landscaping along the sides and maybe some shoulder work. The road is striped and complete. It is very nice and it is a vast improvement over the goat path that it was before.
The new road ends just past where the ATV trail crosses by Wolfe Lane. The way that I understand it, they will continue to do segments moving north toward Goodman Park.
Have a good night and thank you for visiting!
RJB