Month: June 2020

Conditions are good and getting better. Sandbars are out in large numbers and by Thursday it’ll be more sand than river. The weather is looking phenomenal for being on a river. Highs in the upper 80s (albeit sticky so more like 90s) and a massive high pressure system building so clear sunny skies for dayz.…

Water levels are coming down, more sandbars everyday, and the long range forecast looks amazing. This coming 4th of July weekend seems to have everything going for it!

======================================= Final update for the weekend – I was feeling real good about the drop in water levels until I noticed the Lemonweir River running over 2kcfs. That was a big surprise whereas the Baraboo River is the next tributary over and it’s running less than half that (usually these roles are reversed). Why is…

Water levels are currently still high enough to cover most sandbars and overnight trips are on hold through Thursday. Day trips are still good to go and feedback about current conditions from those that weren’t planning to camp has been good. The rain storms of the past few days have pretty evenly covered the state…

A Monday evening update for you – southwest WI got socked pretty good, but that’s fairly inconsequential for us. The rest of the state, particularly the watershed, didn’t see a ton of action. And even though there’s a chance of rain pretty much everyday for the next 10 days, the overall rain totals are less…

Friday evening update: Few sprinkles today, not bad. Sunday still looking dry. For tomorrow, from our local NWS forecaster: Saturday and Saturday night…Forecast Confidence is Medium. Unsettled weather is expected for Saturday. Showers and a fewstorms will likely be ongoing to start the day over southwesternWI. Heating and increase in instability will gradually increaseshower/storm chances…

3rd year in a row where I think maybe we should just stay closed until July… The storm wasn’t so bad in the lower 2/3rds of the river. Unfortunately, the northern 1/3rd did get 3-4″ of rain. From what’s happening now up in Merrill/Tomahawk area, it’s not a question of ‘if’ we’ll lose sandbars, it’s…

Given the smaller number of sandbars, I pulled up satellite images from similar water levels last month (4/16/20). You may want to use these to plan a few campsites and know where the sandbar of last resort is. I believe these images are worst case; water levels should be another 6″ lower at least, and…