Wind
13 mph from the west northwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for East Troy Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. East Troy Municipal Airport is 47° and overcast at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in East Troy Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Kettle Moraine South (WI), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 3,900 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 79° / 259° | 10 mph head, on 26 | 6 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 2,446 ft | 75 ft | Grass | 183° / 3° | 4 mph head, on 36 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from East Troy (57C), East Troy Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
13 mph from the west northwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.94 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.27 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
East Troy: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest East Troy Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
East Troy57C
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/834 ft/26 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-43 SB at STH 83WI073
Beside a road/4.6 mi away/814 ft/46 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EagleEGLW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/947 ft/87 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
East Troy 2.5 NNEWI-WW-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/821 ft/39 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mukwonago 5WMWOW3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/831 ft/29 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mukwonago 5W (MWOW3), 5.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.