Cinco de Mayo
Remember last week? I barely do, but as I was finally able to sit down and think back weatherwise, I remembered it snowed early last week! We received what would seemingly be our last flakes of the season as the snow wasn't able to accumulate here in Oshkosh. Snow in May? Stranger things have happened, and as this season has proven, do not count it out. As May moves in we've experienced light accumulations of rain and below average temperatures with today being the fairest of the past eight. No snow yet, thankfully!
(OSNW3 Observations | Apr 28 - May 5, 2008)
(Neenah, WI - Apr 28, 2008)
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The Spring Itch Classic
Our golf tour has seen better weather. However, this past event wasn't the worst conditions we've ever played in. We've played in some sleet in the UP a while back. Unfortunately I have no photos to prove it, just memories. The course conditions this past Friday and Saturday were much better in Stevens Point at SentryWorld then in Nekoosa at Lake Arrowhead Lakes, but weatherwise it was just the opposite. We had an hour delay on Friday at SentryWorld because of a few thunderstorms that reared their ugly heads on top of the cold, breezy, and rainy conditions. On Saturday at Lake Arrowhead it rained early then as the day wore on the clouds started to break and the evening turned out to be beautiful. Below is a group photo of the seven crazies that braved the horrid golfing conditions... along with a link for a wikked golf shot played out of the water - in video format.
(Nekoosa, WI - May 3, 2008)
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I was astonished to hear about the snow that fell in WY and SD from this past storm system. Amazing. Snow Reports | Radar Loop
(OSNW3 Observations | Apr 28 - May 5, 2008)
(Neenah, WI - Apr 28, 2008)
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The Spring Itch Classic
Our golf tour has seen better weather. However, this past event wasn't the worst conditions we've ever played in. We've played in some sleet in the UP a while back. Unfortunately I have no photos to prove it, just memories. The course conditions this past Friday and Saturday were much better in Stevens Point at SentryWorld then in Nekoosa at Lake Arrowhead Lakes, but weatherwise it was just the opposite. We had an hour delay on Friday at SentryWorld because of a few thunderstorms that reared their ugly heads on top of the cold, breezy, and rainy conditions. On Saturday at Lake Arrowhead it rained early then as the day wore on the clouds started to break and the evening turned out to be beautiful. Below is a group photo of the seven crazies that braved the horrid golfing conditions... along with a link for a wikked golf shot played out of the water - in video format.
(Nekoosa, WI - May 3, 2008)
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I was astonished to hear about the snow that fell in WY and SD from this past storm system. Amazing. Snow Reports | Radar Loop
I have a question.....when you report to your webpage, how do you get the temperatures for your area, and how to you know that was the max/min temp for that day? I'd love to get a station that tells me that. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteScout, it is certainly nothing high tech. It's a Wireless Weather Forecaster with Temperature Display and Self - Setting Atomic Clock
ReplyDeleteMODEL: BAR686A From Oregon Scientific. Most people would scoof at it, but it's been reliable and accurate for over a year and five months. I manually enter in the temp each morning as I do the precip. It's all manual data entry. I wouldn't have it any other way.
The day it craps out, I may think about getting an actual weather station like Nathan and most everyone else owns.
For example... this mornings temp observations. (5/6/08)
ReplyDelete68 - 45 OSHKOSH-AIRPORT
67 - 50 OSHKOSH-WWTP
67.8 - 50.5 OSNW3 | OSHKOSH-NORTH
Scout, my temps are not reported to the NWS. I just record them for my own records. :)
OH, okay! Ummmmm.....what station does Nathan own? I want anything I can get! The one I have now recorded 87 degrees while the NWS current conditions had only low 70's. Ya, you can't trust the weather station I have now!
ReplyDeleteThe temperatures were from yesterday!
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon a site today and thought of your cloud quest.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Nathan, as a matter of fact, a discussion on the CoCoRaHS blog and that site is the reason I started appreciating clouds outloud. I so want their patches to put on my backpack. :)
ReplyDeleteI have noticed you've been seeing a bit more traffic on your blog. I think that is fantastic because you do a very fine job of placing your ideas on it. Keep up the great work!