After the brief rain shower this morning, the skies still looked rather angry and now this afternoon, some rumbling from the nearby lightning can be heard.
Another Angry Sky
Picture of the Day for July 24, 2023
There are chances of thunderstorms today and you can see them coming across the lake easier than where there are trees and houses in the way. This storm looks like there is a funnel cloud forming so might be a nasty storm.
Lake Storm Coming
Picture of the Day for July 4, 2023
Mother Nature continued with its own version of fireworks for the 4th and many firework displays were cancelled or cut short when additional thunderstorms redeveloped.
Storm Rolling In
Picture of the Day for July 18, 2020
Thunderstorms have been rolling through the state last night and this evening too. And some have rotational spins prompting tornado warnings. This storm had a cloud drop down with a slight spin so I was glad it was far enough away from me.
Thunderstorm Over Superior Waters
Picture of the Day for June 12, 2017
On June 12, 1899, a tornado hit the town of New Richmond in western Wisconsin, not too far from where I live. And while it wasn’t a huge tornado, it hit the afternoon of the first day of a circus and the deadly path claimed 117 lives and injured 150 others making it the 9th deadliest tornado in US history.
And two different tornado hit my home farm, each time it took down a barn, and both times it was on June 12, so when the skies darkened again this afternoon, I wondered if I should skedaddle out of the area.
Tornado Day
Picture of the Day for June 1, 2016
The clouds last night, after the rain let up, looked more like smoke billowing from a fire than rain clouds. But the clouds did drop rain quickly in some areas, causing flash flood warnings and some thunderstorm warnings, so it was nice to see them moving away from the area.
Smokey Clouds
Picture of the Day for June 24, 2014
The cattle are more interested in the hay than with the approaching storm, but then they are probably getting used to the storms and getting rained on since it has been a wet June.
Ignoring the Storm
Picture of the Day for May 17, 2014
It seemed very wrong to have to wear a stocking cap and jacket when mowing lawn yesterday but then it wasn’t real warm and clouds dropping sprinkles on me kept occurring most of the day. This storm cloud coming from the north glowed as the sun was setting to the west, but I wasn’t looking at the pretty colors but dark streaks of rain at the bottom and I was trying to guess if I would get wet again or not.
Rain on the Way
Picture of the Day for September 21, 2013
A sunny afternoon can change very quickly, especially on Lake Superior as she can generate squalls very swiftly in which the sun is covered by darkened skies, the wind begins to increase speed and soon you feel the pounding rain.
After a lifetime of living and working around the lake, commercial fisherman Julian Nelson described it this way…”The lake is the boss. No matter how big you are or what kind of a boat you’ve got, the lake is still the boss. Mother Nature dictates a lot of things.”
The Lake is the Boss
Picture of the Day for December 16, 2012
It seemed odd to have it raining yesterday when the ground is cover with snow instead of having it rain on a green landscape. But at least there wasn’t storm like many of the summer time rains can bring or a lot of freezing rain since it is winter.
Summer Storm
