Behind the Boats

We are in the final stretch of this heat wave to start out this week. Monday and Tuesday look to be more of the same upper 90’s-100’s temps and humid. A cold front will come in Tuesday night and is…

Like most of this summer, looks like we have chances of scattered storms coming through our area Thursday (25-45%). We have periodic chances of scattered storms come Friday and Saturday. These storms are not expected to be severe and most…

The forecast is shaping up to be pretty solid for this upcoming week! Chance of some scattered storms coming through on Tuesday. It looks like a cold front will come through our area bringing some scattered storms on Thursday evening…

All in all this looks like a real nice weekend to be on the water! A few scattered storms forecast for the area early Saturday morning but otherwise partly sunny and highs in the 80s Friday through Sunday. Winds are…

Strong storms are expected to sweep through our area of Wisconsin this Wednesday. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected. After this cold front sweeps through, we will cool off quite a bit on Thursday with dry weather expected and…

Strong storms are expected to sweep through our area of Wisconsin this Wednesday. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected. After this cold front sweeps through, we will cool off quite a bit on Thursday with dry weather expected and…

The forecast is showing some rain and storms coming through our area this Wednesday. Some may be strong with heavy rain and winds. Where this frontal boundary stalls will dictate if we get more rain on Thursday or not. This…

Alright we have a little bit better idea of the weather forecast heading into this weekend. Looks like we have a decent chance of storms heading through our area Thursday and Friday afternoon. Wide spread severe weather is not expected…

We are finally returning to normal summer river levels this week! After two weeks of heavy rain and high river levels its fantastic to return to good conditions. This means plenty of sandbars out on the river and (hopefully) nice…

We just cant catch a break with the weather/wind/river level these past couple weeks. The forecast for Saturday the 5th is looking tough for being on the river. The river level will be high early in the day but continually…

Alright it looks like we have a solid river level forecast heading into this weekend. We are going to remain at flood levels through Thursday and the river will begin to drop Thursday night into the weekend. Unfortunately the river…

Due to the all the storms that swept through Wisconsin last week, river levels remain very high heading into this week. How long the river stays at flood level and how quickly it will come down still remain to be…

Well, the river level this weekend didn’t work out the way we hoped. The non-stop storms that have been sweeping across Wisconsin are going to make the river rise to a point where sandbars wont be available for camping. How…

The conditions for this weekend are shaping up to be difficult to predict. With the current Dam forecasts, the dam flow rate of Prairie du Sac is expected to climb to 15k cfs by Saturday. This is pretty much the…

With the heat wave slowly moving across Wisconsin, a cold front is going to sweep in behind it. This cold front arrives Monday into Tuesday, but then lingers as a stationary boundary through much of next week. Multiple rounds of…

It looks like river levels are going to cooperate with us this weekend! The River level is going to peak on Thursday and will continuously drop throughout the weekend. Friday the river will be on the higher side but there…

The river conditions this week are particularly tough to forecast with the rainfall amount and location uncertainty heading into the weekend. Currently, the river level is expected to peak tomorrow morning with the Prairie du sac dam hitting 20,000 CFS.…

Well… we got a little too much rain. Unfortunately, the river level is going to spike higher than we had hoped for this week. With the river coming up this much there wont be any sandbars to camp on. Currently,…

Rain, rain, and more rain! Storms and rain are forecasted for Monday-Wednesday. With all the rain we’ve received through central and northern Wisconsin, the river levels are going to spike. Currently it looks like levels will rise to where sandbars…

With the rain we have received over this past week the river level is going to be on the higher end heading into this weekend. Looks like we will hover in that 10,000-15,000 CFS range (check the river conditions page…

With the heavy rain that came through our area last week, the river has spiked a little bit heading into this week. The good news is it hasn’t spiked too high and should gradually return to normal levels throughout the…

The forecast has slightly changed heading into this weekend. Looks like we do have a possibility of some scattered storms coming through our area late Saturday night and into Sunday. If you are heading out on an overnight this weekend,…

Even after the heavy rain we received earlier this week, river levels are looking great for this weekend! There will be plenty of sandbars out there for overnighters. The forecast looks mostly dry for Friday and Saturday. There are some…

We have a good chance of thunderstorms coming through our area on Tuesday evening. As of now, it looks like there is a lower chance of them being severe but we do expect to get quite a bit of rain…

It looks like we have a chance of some showers and storms Thursday and Friday afternoon (20-30%). All of the current forecasts have low percent chances for storms this weekend. However, we are in the midwest so weather can change…

A little bit of rain is in the forecast early on in the week. Wednesday is looking like the best chance for some showers in our area. This weekend, however, is shaping up to be a beautiful one! High 70’s…

This weekend is shaping up to be a good one! Mid 60’s to low 70 temps and partly cloudy skies with not much wind makes for great conditions for an early season paddle! The river level remains in a good…

Seems southern Wisconsin is finally going to get some rain this week. Widespread rain and strong winds are expected in our neck of the woods up to 1.5 inches on Tuesday and perhaps some more rain showers going into Wednesday.…

Looks like the storms seem to be behind us heading into weekend! With the cold front moving in, we will be expecting a decent temperature drop and breezy conditions (60 degrees during the day mid 40’s at night). If you…

Looks like we may have some showers in the forecast this week. – Scattered (20-50% chances) showers and storms are possible during the afternoon hours today and Wednesday– Better chances for showers and thunderstorms (35-60% chances) arrive along a cold…