Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (80%).
Now. Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field is 45° and drizzle at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 36° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 53 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 3,602 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 101° / 281° | 3 mph head, on 28 | 7 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,150 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 7 mph head, on 36 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Minocqua/Woodruf (ARV), Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
45 F at 10 PM Thursday; 45 F at its warmest, 9 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 45 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 1 AM Thursday to 100% at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.83 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.40 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Minocqua/Woodruf: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,624 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Woodruff - STH 47 @ CTH JWDFW3
Beside a road/3.5 mi away/1,621 ft/8 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WoodruffWUFW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/1,627 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Arbor Vitae 3.6 WWI-VL-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,628 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/1,594 ft/35 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.