Cathie Ursu

Yesterday could be described as a total washout.  It would quit raining for a little while, then start up again with a vengeance.  Over the past four days, we received almost three inches of rain.  I think that we […]

It seems like all it has done for the past week is rain.  As of 8:15 this morning, there was 1.24 in of rain in my gauge and it is still coming down.  Since yesterday morning, we have received just under two i […]

Looks like it’s going to be another grey day here in Topinabee.  It rained off and on most of the night.  The rain has stopped for now but I don’t think that we will see much improvement later on.  This is our fi […]

Since we arrived here last Friday, it has rained almost everyday.  It hasn’t been all day rains, just enough to keep the sand wet so that we are constantly tracking it into our trailer.  The weather has been w […]

Yesterday was a lovely day here in Topinabee, but heavy rain moved in shortly after 7 pm  putting a damper on our evening campfire.  I don’t have a rain gauge up here but I know that we must have gotten about h […]

We had a rather heavy rain storm overnight but it didn’t last long,  just hard enough to get our wood wet.  We should see temps in the low 70s this afternoon before the cold front moves in; bringing possible s […]

Our trip up here yesterday was a combination of warm, wet, and windy.  In fact, winds reached near 60 mph at times and half of Cheboygan was without power last night.  Thankfully, we weren’t but there is at l […]

We were supposed to head up north this morning, but heavy to moderate rain has cause us to put it off for tomorrow.  We have already received 0.28″ inches overnight, and another 0.11″ since I emptied my gauge at […]

This will be our final trip to camp for the season and as usual, I hate to see it end.  Tomorrow has rain in the forecast for both here at home and Indian River.  I hope that it isn’t raining when we get t […]

This is like our sixth in a row.  Our highs have been in the low to mid 80s and that makes for very uncomfortable days.  I’m really ready for it to cool off.   Next week should see more seasonable weather but wit […]

We did have a little fog early but it dissipated quickly when the sun came up.  I’m afraid that our warm days are coming to an end as the forecast for next week doesn’t seem that promising.  We know that it c […]

This is getting to be a habit.  Once again our visibility early this morning was near zero miles in some places.  I’m glad that I didn’t have to go anywhere early.  Our skies now have cleared and temps are wa […]

We woke to visibility at less than quarter of a mile this morning.  This has been common over the past three days.  Yesterday was cloudy most of the day and I’m hoping to see more sun today.  We are starting to se […]

Our weather is wonderful and I hope it continues through the remainder of the month.  Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall today and my prayers go out for those in it’s path.  The amount of rain that t […]

Our morning began with visibility close to zero, but now that the sun is up, it seems to be dissipating.  Today should be the beginning of a significant warm-up for us with highs expected in the mid 70s.  H […]

With the eastern seaboard bracing for Hurricane Florence, we are expected to be spared from this storm, even though it appears to be heading right for us.  One local meteorologist  said that strong high pressure w […]

I won’t complain about the temperatures but I really wish that we’d have more sun.  It was in the forecast for yesterday afternoon but it didn’t happen.  Maybe today.  At least we can now go outdoors  now wit […]

What a difference a few days makes.  Today feels like a day in late September or early October but that’s okay.  We haven’t even reached 70°F today and it’s possible that we won’t.  From what I’ve heard, these coo […]

The first week of September hasn’t been kind to Michigan as many lines of storms moved through bringing damaging winds and tornadoes to the state over a 5 day period.  Fortunately, we didn’t get any here but […]