Category: Behind the Boats
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Update on the weather this weekend
We’ve got a pretty unstable forecast in the sense that the National Weather Service doesn’t have a lot of confidence in it. The current climate models have come up with different conclusions about what’s going to happen when and with a stationary front, small changes could have a big impact. Yesterday the entire weekend was…
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More Spring than Summer
Sandbars are out in force this weekend as we continue to enjoy water levels not seen in years. The weather looks very spring-y though with a chance for isolated storms overnight Friday and Saturday. On the bright side, partly sunny and highs in the upper 70s during the day, and forecasted rain amounts under 1/10th…
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Small storm rolling through Saturday evening
I’ve gotten a couple questions about the weather coming through Saturday night – long story short, it’s not a factor. Longer story, there’s a long line of precipitation moving relatively quickly across the midwest that’ll move over our area from ~7pm-11pm tonight peaking around 9pm. Storm Prediction Center says less than 5% chance anything will…
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Greetings from a sandbar!
Out on the river for Norah’s first canoe camping trip of the season but I promised a quick update on water levels this weekend – they’re gonna be great! As is the weather. We didn’t get as much rain as feared and there’s been no real spike in levels so I’m very confident sandbars will…
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An update for the sake of an update
Weather wise we’re looking pretty great for this coming weekend. Mostly sunny Friday through Sunday with temps in the low 80s and only a chance of rain overnight Saturday. I’ll be watching water levels pretty closely to see how they respond to the remnants of Alberto making their way straight up the middle of the…
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Memorial Day Weekend is looking nice. Real nice.
Water levels came down last weekend and have stayed within reasonable levels – a far cry from where we were last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. Aaaand the year before that. This year they’ll likely stay in the 10kcfs range (which is very near the 100 year average) so…
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Sandbars are out!
Right this minute sandbars are peeking out and in another 48 hours it’ll be regular springtime conditions! Of course spring typically involves rain and it looks like we’ll get a little of it Saturday night. That said, it won’t be enough to effect water levels for the weekend and temps are in the high 70s/low…
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We should be open this weekend!
Things are looking up for this coming weekend! All of the rain we’ve gotten over the past week looks to be making it’s way through the system and the week of relatively dry weather ahead means sandbars should be popping out just in time for Friday/Saturday trips. While the forecast currently calls for some rain…
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High water may delay start of the season
Water levels are currently peaking after the snowmelt and recent rains. Too early to say if we’ll be able to open as planned on May 11 but the water will be high regardless. As Spring progresses, keep an eye on the chart below. We want to see levels recede into (or very near) the white…
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Long Range Water Level Forecast (Guess)
It would appear we’re about to pass through Third Winter (one of Wisconsin’s 11 seasons) this weekend as snow is in the forecast followed by a week of rain. For reference: Winter, Fool’s Spring, Second Winter, Spring of Deception, Third Winter, Mud Season, Actual Spring, Summer, False Fall, Second Summer, Actual Fall All of this…