Greetings and welcome!
Last weekend turned out pretty good considering the chances of rain late Saturday and Sunday. As it turned out we didn’t get rain until late Sunday night.
About 3am I woke up and checked the radar. There was an enormous blob of red and yellow and a pretty rowdy looking initial line of storms about two counties away and heading in this direction. I went around unplugging stuff in case of a lightning strike, and even emptied the 5 gallon pail that I use as a rain gauge. As it turned out the storm pretty much evaporated about 40 miles west of here and wasn’t much when it got here. It might have been a half inch of rain at best.
The atmosphere remained hot and juicy and Monday evening it all came together. There were many reports of wind damage south of Green Bay and in the Fox Valley and northwest. Around here it was mostly heavy rain and some rumbles of thunder.
On the way home after work I stopped to get a phone pic of this cloud about a mile east of the house. You should have seen it from the side. It was enormous.
The septic guy (Hardings) met me at the house. Before he got started and I checked the radar, and there were a couple of minor green spots to the immediate west. We tried to get ‘er done before the rain came, but it ended up with us in a heavy downpour. Apparently the storm formed right over us.
Here is a wider view of the storm. The one arrow shows my location, about a mile north of the top step of western Marinette County, and close to the edge.
The other lines show that the areas of heavier rain followed a fairly pronounced line one after another like train cars on a track. In the end my rain bucket showed about 2″ for Sunday night and Monday’s rain.
Today was much cooler and pretty windy. Tonight will be a chilly one with the cold air mass and a clear sky.
This coming weekend is a big one for events. The top of the list is Hog Wrestling at Caldron Falls Bar. This a huge event with thousands of people having a wild time.
You will want to bring your designated driver this weekend. It is always a big weekend for the OWI Task Force, the State Patrol etc. looking for drunk drivers.
Also on the event list are the Cruisin’ Oldies show at the Porterfield Country Music Festival site, and in Lakewood there is the Mardi Gras. That has live music Friday & Saturday night and Sunday afternoon There is a parade Sat morning too. There are carnival rides too. The church on the north end of town is having a big Fleazar flea market.
I am not sure, but I think that the Town of Wagner FVD picnic is this weekend, and the Town of Doty VFD picnic is this Saturday.
There is a chance of thunderstorms Thursday and Thursday night, and then we are expecting a big warm-up for the weekend. I am expecting mid-80s Friday and Saturday (Green Bay weather says 88 Sat) and then mid-80s again, Sunday with an increasing chance of a t-storm later Saturday night and Sunday. Must be July.
That is it from here. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB