Continue mild and Dry, slight chance of rain by late Sunday then Much cooler?

Weathermap for Friday Saturday and Sunday.

besides some light Drizzle early Thursday this week has been dry and sunny, It is beautiful weather for Mid November! highs have been quite mild in the upper 40s to low 50s. This type of weather will continue for a few more days. A high pressure system will slide across the area which will provide a bit more sunshine before our next system will start to roll in late Sunday. Highs Friday and Saturday will be mild in the upper 40s with low 50s on Saturday. Sunday will be a bit cooler with more cloud cover. Daily forecast below.

Friday, Mild. possibly starting off cloudy with Decreasing clouds, turning partly cloudy highs in the upper 40s. Friday Night partly cloudy lows in the low 30s to upper 20s.

Saturday, Mild, Partly Cloudy and nice, Highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Saturday Night partly cloudy lows in the mid 30s.

Sunday, Mostly Cloudy, a chance of Drizzle, then a chance of light rain late, Highs in the upper 40s. Sunday Night a chance of light rain lows in the mid 30s.

Looking Ahead Forecast. Early next week on Monday A fairly strong cold front will move through this will bring a chance of rain turning to light snow. The rest of next week looks to remain Much colder then this week has been. The models also throws in a couple of light snow chances our first chance early Tuesday morning, and then another light snow chance Thanksgiving Day, Either way Next week looks to be a lot colder then this week. After Thursday I do see a slight warming trend for Next weekend, before another system comes through early in December right now it looks like it will come as all snow. Remember this can all change but this is what I see right now.

Another sunny nice stretch coming up Above normal temps.

Weathermap for Sunday Monday and Tuesday.

Well another sunny dry stretch is in the forecast. With mild above normal temperatures. It really doesn't feel above normal but really it is, Highs have been in the upper 40s low 50s and This is about 10 degrees above normal. It is going to cool off a bit but not by much. Highs for the starting of the week will be in the mid to upper 40s. With clear nights lows will fall into the 20s and 30s.

A high pressure system will move in behind our system we had for Friday & Saturday, This will bring Dry sunny & nice weather into the area with above normal temps. Perfect for doing the left over yard work or starting to putting up Christmas displays! Daily forecast below.

Sunday, Sunny and Nice. Highs in the mid 40s. Sunday Night a bit cool, Clear lows in the low to mid 20s.

Monday, Sunny, and Nice, Highs in the upper 40s. Monday Night, A bit cool Clear lows in the mid 20s.

Tuesday, Sunny and continued Nice weather. Highs in the upper 40s. increasing clouds later in the day, Tuesday Night, Warmer Partly Cloudy lows in the upper 20s to low 30s.

Looking Ahead Forecast. The snowy system I was forecasting last week for early this upcoming week has completely disappeared. Now it's looking Dry. Its actually looking Dry all the way through Wednesday. But Thursday the 19th, the models are showing a small weak system pulling in, Right now it just looks like cooler temperatures with rain Maybe changing to flurries before ending. Then were looking at another dry stretch from Friday the 30 through Sunday the 22rd. but Monday the 23rd & Tuesday the 24th, The models are showing a stronger system pull up Pull up from the south. Right now it looks like it will come as all Rain. Rain looks to end just in time for our Thanksgiving holiday. Then Friday the 27 following Thanksgiving We may be looking at a system which may be cool enough to produce snow. It is quite early to tell and Things will definitely change between this time. long term forecasting this time of year is tricky.

Geese Migration, and 1st Thanksgiving Cactus Flower!

Canadian Geese on Lake Magnor.

The Geese are continuing to migrate south! While I was at my aunts house on Lake Magnor, I noticed there were so many Canadian Geese right on the lake! they were enjoying the waters there.
A closer up picture of the Geese on the lake. definitely a lot of them!

Yellow Thanksgiving Cactus.

After Weeks of waiting, The 1st flower on my Thanksgiving Cactus finally opened! This is the 1st flower I've actually grown myself.These Cactus, are my favorite type of house plant. These cactus flowers as the nights get longer and They are really loving our dark long nights that we have here in Wisconsin! I'm still waiting for my other colors to open. but This is the 1st of many flowers, I have 7 Thanksgiving Cactus some large and small most are different colors! I will be posting picutres as they open.

Nice November weather. A few lake picutres.

Lake Magnor on a clear calm day.

We have had some great weather over the past few days, Sunshine with highs in the upper 50s. Perfect for early November. I just had to show this picture of Lake Magnor that I took, When I saw how waves less the lake was, I knew I needed a picture because normally there are always at least some waves on the lake but on this day, there was None.
Here is a second picture of Lake Magnor. Lake Magnor is the largest lake in the Clayton area, It has about 3 miles of short line and is fairly deep. It has been quite low for water level this year, Although it is up a some after above average rainfall in October.

Looking Nice mainly for start of week.

Weathermap for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Things are looking pretty nice for the start of the week, besides a small chance for rain early Monday. High pressure will effect the weather late Monday through Wednesday, this will pretty sunny warm condtions. Temps will warm into the 50s which isn't bad! night lows will be coolish in the low 30s. Detailed forecast below.

Monday, slight chance for rain early, Then mostly cloudy with gradual clearing later in the day. highs in the low 50s. Monday Night, partly Cloudy, lows in the low 30s.

Tuesday, Mild, Sunny and staying dry, Highs in th low 50s. Tuesday Night, Partly cloudy lows in the low 30s.

Wednesday, A bit cooler but still nice, Sunny highs in the low 50s. Wednesday Night, Partly Cloudy, lows in the low 30s.

looking ahead, looks towards the end of next week we could be looking at another chance for rain. then early the Next week, The models show some colder air pulling in with a couple of snow chances. I will be watching this through the week, but it doesn't look too major at this point.

Preip Data Changed.

This is a notification that my Precipitation data for my blog has been changed. after looking at the October total rainfall, I noticed it seemed high, but I believed it, but after farther investigation, it proved There was definitely something wrong with the totals. the NWS sites has said most places got between 4-6 inches in Oct. and my total of 10.52" this was far too high. My friend of OSN blog sent me a new gauge and thankfully it came no later. The gauge help me find out the old gauge was reading 2 times too high, the new gauge recorded 0.20" while the old gauge read 0.40"

I was disappointed to find out I might have had to loose nearly 1 years worth of rainfall data, so I wanted to save it. so after a lot of research with a friend of mine, I decided that I would divide all the Rainfall totals in half for the months June through October.

Changes Made.

The changes I made were to Rainfall data, monthly totals for June, July, August and October were changed all the numbers were devided in half. September didn't need changed so it was left alone. Feb,Mar,Apr and May were also left alone, with the months I did change the seasons total was changed, I believe this data is much closer to what it should be. Snowfall data was not changed because I use a different method of measuring which is accurate. Here is a list of monthly totals I got below this includes months I changed.

Feb 2009: Rain 0.08"

Mar 2009: Rain 1.16"

Apr 2009: Rain 2.16"

May 2009: Rain 2.54"

June 2009: Rain 2.91"

July 2009: Rain 1.50"

Aug 2009: Rain 3.84"

Sep 2009: Rain 1.40"

Oct 2009: Rain 4.74" Snow 5.75"

November 2009 -So Far Rain 0.20" Snow 0.00

Seasons Total Rain 21.44" Seasons Total Snow 5.75"

A bit of snow, before warming up.

Forecast for Wednesday Thursday and Friday.

Were looking at a chance of snow early Wednesday, from a weak area of low pressure, but I have a feeling most of it will be over before daylight hours, Accumulations will be light, up to a half inch or less. I believe all the preip will come as snow, but there could be a bit of rain mixing in. Highs Wednesday will only be in the low 40s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with temps a bit warmer, highs will warm to the mid 40s. lows in the 30s. Friday is when things really warm up nicely, under sunny skies, Highs will warm into the mid 50s. Detailed forecast below.

Wednesday, a chance of light snow in the morning before ending, total accumulations a half inch or less. cloudy decreasing late in the day, Highs in the low 40s. Wednesday Night, Partly Cloudy, lows in the upper 20s.

Thursday, Partly Cloudy a bit warmer highs in the mid 40s. Thursday Night, partly cloudy lows in the mid 30s.

Friday, Warmer! Nice, Sunny highs in the mid 50s. Friday Night partly cloudy, lows in the low 40s.

Looking ahead our warm and nice day trend will continue into the weekend, Highs may get close to 60 Saturday, then a bit of a cooling trend towards next week. early next week looks like it might be dry and coolish, then the middle to end of next week a system may pull through which could bring is colder weather this system may bring both rain and snow with it. more on this later.