Cathie Ursu

Another line of thunderstorms passed over us late last night leaving us with an additional 0.96″ of rain.  Our total rain amount for the past two days is 2.53″.  It moved quite slowly from the NW to the SE b […]

Thunderstorms began around 1:30 this morning and continued all night.  We had a brief reprieve around 8 AM, but now the rain has started up again.  There was 1.55″ in my gauge at 8 AM, but it has been raining s […]

After a very wet Wednesday morning, the skies cleared by mid afternoon and the heat returned.  We received a total of 0.80″ of rain which was badly needed and the chance for more rain continues through the […]

They said that we would get rain but I didn’t expect what we’re getting.  We’ve been getting moderate to heavy rain since about 4 AM and there is no let-up at this time.  My weather station is showing 0.69″ s […]

Our heat wave continues but there is some relief in sight by this weekend.  Usually we don’t like cold fronts, but they are very welcome this time of year.  As two hurricanes threaten the Gulf Coast of Texas and L […]

We have another hot day with highs expected near 90°.  We have yard work to do and it’s just too hot.  Our local meteorologist mentioned a chance for some pop-up showers or thunderstorms today, but just a sl […]

After two wonderful, comfortable days, we are back into the hot, muggy weather of August.  We haven’t had a good rain for a week now and things are really getting dry.  The lawn has ceased growing which isn’t a b […]

This has been a summer of blistering heat, more so than summers past.  I, personally don’t like it.  But these past few days have been wonderful with highs only in the 70s.    It will be a bit warmer today, then […]

Our time at the campground was nice but it was too hot for me at the start.  The last two days were more comfortable however.  Here at home,  our Wednesday is very cool for mid August but I’m loving it.  The fee […]

We’ll be heading up to our campground in a little while and I will probably not be heard from again until I get back.  Not sure if the WiFi will be working but it’s very unreliable when it does work.  It will be m […]

Yesterday was quite hot and today is about the same.  It’s a bit too warm for my liking but I’ll try to enjoy this last month of summer.  It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over already, and I can’t c […]

Very warm weather has returned once again, and highs today could reach near 90°F this afternoon.  That also brings s slight chance of storms for us, and they are already showing up on radar over Lake Michigan.  At […]

I wish that our summer weather would be like this all the time.  Highs in the 70s and low 80s are perfect as far as I’m concerned.  The forecast is showing the heat returning next week along with a stormy p […]

Today may be the last of our comfortable days before the heat returns once again.  This summer has gone so fast and it’s hard to believe that fall is just a month away.  We better enjoy it while it lasts a […]

Tuesday was mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers.  We only got 0.08″ and the showers were wide spread and brief.  The biggest factor yesterday was the temperatures.  We didn’t even make it to 70° which is unu […]

This has been a very wet few days for us.  We received about an inch and a half over the last 24 hours and that isn’t including what we got on Saturday night.  There is certainly no shortage of water for my area e […]

The rain began late last night and has continued since then.  There was 0.87″ at 8 AM in my gauge, and since then, we have received an additional 0.35″.  We may hit 2 inches yet by the time it’s done.  Radar is sh […]

I haven’t posted a blog for over a week because I have had no WiFi available.  The campground internet was hit by lightning in the storm 2 weeks ago, and it hasn’t been repaired yet.  I hope this doesn’t last t […]

We will be going back to our campground today and the weather sounds good for traveling.  There is no rain in the forecast and temperatures will be comfortable.  Unfortunately, there are more 90s coming for the w […]