Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Chippewa Valley Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 71% around 6 AM.
Now. Chippewa Valley Regional Airport is 47° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.98 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 8,101 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 5 mph head, on 22 | 7 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 139° / 319° | 7 mph head, on 32 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Eau Claire (EAU), Chippewa Valley Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
48 F at 10 PM Thursday; 53 F at its warmest, 7 AM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 46 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 7 AM Thursday to 96% at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
9 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.92 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.25 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; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.98 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.17 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Eau Claire: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Chippewa Valley Regional 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
Eau ClaireEAU
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/886 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Eau Claire - I-94 @ USH 53ECRW3
Beside a road/7.4 mi away/881 ft/32 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Augusta Fire WeatherAFWW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.7 mi away/961 ft/48 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Eau Claire 2.2 NWI-EC-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/893 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Eau Claire 3SWELRW3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/863 ft/50 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Eau Claire 3SW (ELRW3), 5.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. 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.