Category: Behind the Boats

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…

Update: The weather forecast has firmed up a bit. Looks like a strong pressure wave will be moving through our area Saturday afternoon evening bringing a few hours of showers and a line of storms. The concern for severe weather is low, up to 5% chance according to NOAA. That said, expect some wind blast…