Temperature
48 F at 5 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
L O Simenstad Municipal Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Polk County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central 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.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
47°
53°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for L O Simenstad Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM (65%).
Now. L O Simenstad Municipal Airport is 47° and overcast at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
47feels41
65%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5340
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5933
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6642
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6942
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7148
13%
Thu
Oct 22
7252
14%
47°
53°40°
59°33°
65°41°
66°42°
69°42°
71°48°
72°52°
As of 5:00 AM in L O Simenstad Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at L O Simenstad Municipal Airport
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 30 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone13Good12 ppb10.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at L O Simenstad Municipal Airport
0.78 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.78in
- Last 3 days
- 0.78in
Visibility
How far you can see at L O Simenstad Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OEO
- ICAO
- KOEO
- IATA
- OEO
- Field elevation
- 903 ft
- Serves
- Osceola
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OEO
- Wind now
- From 340° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 2,065 ft | 150 ft | Grass | 45° / 225° | 5 mph head, on 04 | 12 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 | 5,006 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | 7 mph head, on 28 | 11 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Osceola (OEO), L O Simenstad Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 92% at 6 AM Thursday to 100% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 92 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.15 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.15inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 11 AM 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 400 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.81 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.81in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 16
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Osceola: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest L O Simenstad Municipal 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 now3 instruments
OsceolaOEO
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/902 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St. Croix Falls - USH 8 3 mi E of townSTXW3
Beside a road/7.8 mi away/1,191 ft/288 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Star Prairie RAWSSRPW3
A remote fire weather station/8.8 mi away/947 ft/44 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Osceola 0.8 ESEWI-PK-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/906 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Croix FallsSCRW3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/747 ft/156 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at St Croix Falls (SCRW3), 7.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near L O Simenstad Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Osceolavillage, 1 mi
- Dresservillage, 4 mi
- St. Croix Fallscity, 8 mi
- Star Prairievillage, 11 mi
- Centuriavillage, 12 mi
- Somersetvillage, 13 mi
- Balsam Lakevillage, 15 mi
- New Richmondcity, 15 mi
- Amerycity, 16 mi
- Deer Parkvillage, 17 mi
- Houltoncommunity, 17 mi
- Milltownvillage, 18 mi
Airports near L O Simenstad Municipal Airport
- New Richmond Regional AirportRNH, 13 mi
- Cumberland Municipal AirportUBE, 37 mi
- Burnett County AirportRZN, 39 mi
- Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's FieldRPD, 45 mi
- Menomonie Municipal Score FieldLUM, 49 mi
- Chetek Municipal Southworth AirportY23, 51 mi
- Chippewa Valley Regional AirportEAU, 66 mi
- Sawyer County AirportHYR, 78 mi