Good morning. We’ll have a high of seventy-nine with an even chance of thunderstorms in the late afternoon. A quick reminder from an earlier post a several days ago – Film: Free Showing of Honor Flight, Sunday, July 21st at 2:30 p.m. This Sunday, July 21st, there will be a showing of the film Honor…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of eighty-one. Sunrise was at 5:35 a.m. this morning, and sunset will be at 8:28 p.m. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with 94% of its visible disk illuminated. And of the moon, on this day in 1969, man first walks…

Good morning. One last day of consecutive temperatures in the nineties for Whitewater: a high of ninety-one with a one-third chance of early afternoon thunderstorms. The European Space’s Agency’s satellite, Mars Express, offers sharp and stunning pictures of that planet’s surface: On 7.19.1799, a profound discovery: On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny and hot, with a high of ninety-two. There are comets, and then there are sungrazing comets: In Wisconsin history, on 7.18.1865, some Wisconsin soldiers end their service to the Union: 1865 – (Civil War) Four Wisconsin regiments muster out The 3rd and 18th Wisconsin Infantry regiments and…

Good morning. Wednesday brings a high of eighty-nine with a heat index of ninety-six. We’ve a one-in-ten chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. If people have been teasing you because you’ve never seen a video of foxes on a trampoline, then a single mouse click should improve that unfortunate situation: On this day in…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny and hot day in Whitewater, with a high of ninety, a heat index of ninety-six, and a ten percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1945, the first atomic bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico: …at 5:29:45 a.m., the…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Monday will be hot, with a high of eighty-eight, and a slight chance of thunderstorms. It’s Rembrandt’s birthday, and Google has a doodle to commemorate the painter’s 407th birthday: On this day in 1980, a storm in Wisconsin caused millions in damage: 1980 – Western Wisconsin Derecho The Western Wisconsin Derecho was…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater: Sunny, eighty-four, with calm winds. Sunrise was 5:29 a.m., and sunset will be 8:32 p.m. The moon is a waxing crescent with 35% of the its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1965, Mariner 4 flies past Mars, taking pictures of that planet. The New York Times reported on…

Good morning. It’s a lovely day in store for Whitewater, with sunny skies and a high of eighty-seven. Someone sent me a video of a small dog eating a watermelon, and I’ve embedded the video below. At least, I think it’s a dog: it’s small, extremely fluffy, and looks much (perhaps, too much) like a…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Friday will be sunny with calm winds and a high of eighty-two. Sunrise was 5:28 a.m., and sunset will be 8:33 p.m. The moon is a waxing crescent with 17% of the its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1990, Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Society Communist Party: Just two days…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny and warm, with a high of eighty. It’s Family Fun Night at the Cravath Lakefront from 5:30 – 7 PM tonight. On this day in 1804, Aaron Burr shoots Alexander Hamilton in a duel: In a duel held in Weehawken, New Jersey, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally…

Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of seventy-nine, with northwest winds at 10 to 15 mph. Martha, the last passenger pigeon, 1914 Revival of the Passenger Pigeon? is a post over at the History Channel’s website. Sarah Pruitt writes about the possibility of reviving that now-extinct species: The passenger pigeon…

Good morning. It’s another rainy day for Whitewater, with a high of eighty-seven and afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall accumulation will be between a quarter and a half of an inch. On this day in 1877, Wimbledon begins: On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis…

Good morning. We’ll have a day of showers and thunderstorms in Whitewater, with a high of eighty-seven. The city’s Planning Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. It’s the 1947 anniversary of the Roswell Incident, and Google’s commemorating the event with a doodle that’s an interactive game (screenshot below, game at Google.com): Was it an aircraft,…