How Dry We Are: Just yesterday a woman greeted me with the words, "Hey Pete, I'm sick of watering." I see her point. Although parts of our viewing area received some much-needed rain over the weekend, most of northeast Wisconsin has been lacking rain for about 4 weeks now. Since July 21st there has been a total of about a half inch of rain in Green Bay which is 2 to 3 inches below normal for that period. Even with that deficit if you view the statistics for the whole year it's a different story. Since January 1st we've had 24.52" of rain which is 6 inches above normal. It looks like we'll see some possible rain today and again late in the week which will help farmers and gardeners.
Lend Me your Ears: Judging by the size of the ears of corn I saw at this week's Farmer's Market some farmers must be having a good year. They were huge! My wife and the boys took a stroll through the Green Bay Market and it was hoppin'. My only suggestion would be to open up the lanes a bit between vendors. When you're dragging a 2 and 3 year-old through the tomatoes, blueberries and beans it can get a bit cramped. Actually what they really want is parked at the end of the aisle anyway...the sponge Bob Square Pants Treat from the ice cream truck.
More Later.
Pete
| Member Comments |
 |
 |
||
I am the Director of Meteorology and co-host of Good Day Wisconsin here at FOX 11. I have 2 sons and 1 wife. My sons are 3 year-old Jake and 2 year-old Henry and my wife is Sarah. I have been co-host of Good Day Wisconsin for 13 years and have seen it grow from an hour to the current 4 hours. I love to share stories about my life on the show and I would like to do that here as well. I produce a series of reports called "Weather Whys" and have answered many questions about the atmosphere. Of course I will talk about the weather here as well. I look forward to sharing with you.
Member Since: 11/15/2007
