Category: Behind the Boats

With one mediocre exception, this weekend is looking pretty great.  Highs in the low 90s with 50% cloud cover so plenty warm enough to swim but not so much sun you feel like you’re gonna melt (but still bring sunscreen).  There’s next to no chance of rain/storms and the sandbars are out in force.  I…

Too soon to say anything with certainty but the long range forecast is looking pretty good for the coming week/weekend with highs getting into the upper 80s and sandbars for miles.  It’s not called the river of a thousand isles for nothing and the last few weeks have proved it.  That trend will continue through…

Looks like highs in the 70s with a chance of isolated storm Sunday afternoon.  Sandbars are at late summer peaks – they are everywhere.  We’re sold out for this weekend but you might get lucky if someone cancels last minute (keep an eye on the inventory levels as they’ll show up there immediately after being…

Looks like we’ve got a low pressure system slowly moving through our area this weekend.  It’ll be wet today and tomorrow but by Friday evening the low should be moving Eastward.  Not a lot of instability with this one so expect mostly rain with maybe a rumble of thunder here and there. Storm prediction center…

July 13 Update Looks like better news on the weather front.  We should see most rain or storms on Friday afternoon/evening and a limited chance of rain on Saturday.  There’s even potential for the whole shortwave system to fall off to our south which would leave us fairly dry.  At any rate, we’re only expecting…

Crazy amount of wind for a few minutes last night as the first storm came by but otherwise the rest of the night turned out to be pretty quiet with only a small amount of rain.  Still questionable what exactly happens today but looks like we’ll see something come through between 12pm and 2pm.  Once…

Temps into the higher 90s today with a ‘feels like’ over 100 – good thing the water is 73.  Looking at a 50% chance of storms coming through tonight; they are mostly expected to stay in a line west of us but a few could break free and make their way here.  Probably worth tying…

Water levels are continuing to drop nicely upstream and it’s looking like we’ll have a decent number of sandbars above water by Friday with more coming out as the weekend progresses.  It’s pretty likely you’ll be sharing some of the larger sandbars with new friends but at least they’ll be out there. Temperatures are expected…

Update: 6/25 Everything below still holds, sandbars should be back ~Thursday.  We’re going to get a little more rain in our immediate area but further north is expected to get significantly less which is overall good news.  We should know definitively by tomorrow (Tuesday) mid-morning. ======= We’re about a day away from peak river on…