Temperature
48 F at 4 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alexander Field South Wood County Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Wood County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Freezing or sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The warmest low temperatures will be from Appleton and Oshkosh east to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
51°/39°
Light rain·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Alexander Field South Wood County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Alexander Field South Wood County Airport is 46° and light rain at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
46feels41
17%
Today
Oct 16
5139
11%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5728
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6336
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6637
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6838
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7041
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7048
17%
46°
51°39°
57°28°
63°36°
66°37°
68°38°
70°41°
70°48°
As of 4:00 AM in Alexander Field South Wood County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Alexander Field South Wood County Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 21 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Alexander Field South Wood County Airport
1.15 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.15in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Alexander Field South Wood County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ISW
- ICAO
- KISW
- IATA
- ISW
- Field elevation
- 1,021 ft
- Serves
- Wisconsin Rapids
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ISW
- Wind now
- From 310° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:22
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | 4 mph head, on 02 | 12 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 3,640 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | 13 mph head, on 29 | 3 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 2,072 ft | 50 ft | GRE | 176° / 356° | 9 mph head, on 36 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wisconsin Rapids (ISW), Alexander Field South Wood County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 5 AM Thursday to 96% at 1 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.94 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.94inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.23inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.12 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.17 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.12in
- Wettest hour
- 0.17in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 19
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wisconsin Rapids: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Alexander Field South Wood County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,007 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nekoosa-6Se Dnr AutomatedNKAW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/1,004 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pittsville - STH 13 @ STH 80PIVW3
Beside a road/15.9 mi away/1,041 ft/20 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Necedah 5 WNW54903
At a climate reference station/26.4 mi away/933 ft/88 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Port Edwards 1.3 NEWI-WD-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,023 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port EdwardsNEPW3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/981 ft/40 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Alexander Field South Wood County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Edwardsvillage, 1 mi
- Wisconsin Rapidscity, 2 mi
- Lake Wazeechacommunity, 4 mi
- Nekoosacity, 5 mi
- Bironvillage, 5 mi
- Ceex Hacicommunity, 8 mi
- Rudolphvillage, 10 mi
- Vespervillage, 10 mi
- Lake Camelotcommunity, 11 mi
- Lake Sherwoodcommunity, 11 mi
- Lake Arrowheadcommunity, 11 mi
- Babcockcommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Alexander Field South Wood County Airport
- Stevens Point Municipal AirportSTE, 20 mi
- Marshfield Municipal AirportMFI, 26 mi
- Central Wisconsin AirportCWA, 30 mi
- Wautoma Municipal AirportY50, 34 mi
- Volk FieldVOK, 36 mi
- Mauston New Lisbon Union Airport82C, 39 mi
- Wausau Downtown AirportAUW, 40 mi
- Waupaca Municipal AirportPCZ, 41 mi