Greetings and welcome!
It feels a lot like summer around here.. The weather has been on the warm side and we have had a few lines of afternoon showers and storms popping up. That’s good, we can use the rain.
Yesterday I was cutting grass way at the end of our private road, about 1/4 mile down. The skies were getting a little dark and I was almost done. Yeah.. The skies opened up and I was done alright. It was a rockin’ downpour and I had to laugh as I raced up the 1/4 mile road at the tractor’s top speed of 4mph. I pushed it and lost. Play stupid games..
Anyway, that storm dropped close to an inch of rain in about 20 minutes. The road went from totally dry to huge puddles that fast.
It happened again this afternoon. The heat of the day and all of the moisture in the atmosphere stirred up a dandy line of storms. When I drove through it between Wausaukee and Silver Cliff it was an incredibly intense downpour where it couldn’t physically rain much faster. There was some thunder, but no wind or hail.
The storm continued to intensify and southeast of here the NWS put out a warning that radar indicated 70mph winds and up to 1/2″ hail. It looked like only one little spot that got really strong. I haven’t heard of any damage or if the ground truth was as dramatic as the radar estimates.
When I was cutting grass at the Silver Cliff house it was only the second time this summer. That is very unusual. Most of what I was cutting was weeds. The grass had a rough year. In areas that it usually chokes the mower it just wasn’t that thick.
Those weeds are also wildflowers, and there is a very nice variety going on right now.
I did notice a ripe raspberry while I was over there. I don’t know if there are a lot or a little, I spotted it on the way back up the driveway in a downpour. I will have to look into that when I go finish up.
We have had a rough year for gypsy moths and tent caterpillars. Those are turning into moths now and there are a lot of them. We are probably in for a bad year for them next year too if all of those moths have a successful breeding season.
Some of the weather buddies were getting pretty excited about a hot week this week. Over the weekend there were predictions of days close to 100ºF. That has mellowed a lot. Now we are looking at mid 80s and a high of 91 Thursday. The weekend looks seasonal at about 80. It is late summer so an afternoon pop-up storm is a possibility just about daily.
This weekend they are having Weinerfest North in Lakewood.
I will update with any other events that I find.
That’s it for today. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB