Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 4 AM.
Now. Solon Springs Municipal Airport is 45° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 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 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Solon Springs Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 38 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.57 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 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3,100 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 7° / 187° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Solon Springs (OLG), Solon Springs Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 10 PM Thursday; 48 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 38 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 89% at 6 AM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 2 mph, 1 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.92 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.48 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Solon Springs: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Solon Springs Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,099 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Minong RAWSMRZW3
A remote fire weather station/14.7 mi away/1,050 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Superior - USH 53 @ Rockmont Rd.SUPW3
Beside a road/18.4 mi away/951 ft/151 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Solon Springs 0.8 SSWWI-DG-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,143 ft/41 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GordonGORW3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/1,027 ft/75 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.