Good morning, Whitewater
A boiler explosion on campus yesterday resulted in minor injuries for a worker performing routine maintenance. It’s fortunate that there were no other injuries. The Gazette has a update on the accident.
It’s supposed to be rainy today, less like early summer, and more like Wisconsin in April. At least, that’s the forecast from the National Weather Service. In addition to the the forecast summary, the NWS publishes a webpage that details the forecaster’s underlying analysis. It’s called Area Forecast Discussion, and it’s interesting to read. Here’s the NWS explanation for providing a forecast discussion:
This National Weather Service product is intended to provide a well-reasoned discussion of the meteorological thinking which went into the preparation of the Zone Forecast Product. The forecaster will try to focus on the most particular challenges of the forecast. The text will be written in plain language or in proper contractions. At the end of the discussion, there will be a list of all advisories, non-convective watches, and non-convective warnings. The term non-convective refers to weather that is not caused by thunderstorms. An intermediate Area Forecast Discussion will be issued when either significant forecast updates are being made or if interesting weather is expected to occur.
Since the Farmers’ Almanac predicts pleasant weather, one forecaster is likely to be disappointed.
On this day in 1987 1897, Wisconsin native Thornton Wilder was born, in Madison. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice (first for the oft-performed Our Town), and taught in the 1930s at the University of Chicago.
In our schools today, there is a book fair at Lincoln School, and at fifth grade patents meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Middle School. Like many others, I have fond memories of book fairs and book orders at school.
The St. Cloud Times (Minnesota) reports that Leslie Steinhaus is scheduled to be at a “St. Cloud School Superintendent Candidate Public Reception” today. I do not know how far along the process is, otherwise.
There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater for Thursday.