Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Wausau Downtown Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wausau Downtown Airport is 48° and light rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 39° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 11 PM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:53 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Wausau Downtown Airport, Wisconsin.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,085 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 7 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 4,950 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | 7 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the left |
| 12W / 30W unlit | 8,000 ft | 300 ft | Water | - | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Wausau (AUW), Wausau Downtown Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
49 F at 10 PM Thursday; 52 F at its warmest, 1 AM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 2 AM Thursday to 97% at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.84 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.50 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wausau: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Wausau Downtown 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
WausauAUW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,198 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-39 NB at CTH N - WausauWUSW3
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/1,198 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mosinee 2SEMNEW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/1,237 ft/36 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wausau Wsaw TvSAUW3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/1,178 ft/23 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wausau 0.9 SWI-MT-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,204 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wausau Wsaw Tv (SAUW3), 1.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 23:00. 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.