Temperature
50 F at 10 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 11 PM Wednesday, and 50 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 50F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 53F
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Waupaca Municipal Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Waupaca County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 25 to 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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.
50°
56°/40°
Rain·
Feels like 50°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Waupaca Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (82%).
Now. Waupaca Municipal Airport is 50° and rain at 10 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 26°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
50feels50
82%
Today
Oct 15
5640
99%
Fri
Oct 16
5040
49%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5526
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6235
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6537
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6637
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6840
overcast
50°
56°40°
50°40°
55°26°
62°35°
65°37°
66°37°
68°40°
As of 10:00 PM in Waupaca Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Waupaca Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Green Bay and Fox Cities (WI), 33 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waupaca Municipal Airport
1.00 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 95%
Visibility
How far you can see at Waupaca Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PCZ
- ICAO
- KPCZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 840 ft
- Serves
- Waupaca
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PCZ
- Wind now
- From 360° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,200 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 94° / 274° | 1 mph head, on 28 | 8 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 3,899 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | 4 mph head, on 31 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Waupaca (PCZ), Waupaca Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 11 PM Wednesday to 99% at 5 PM.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.82 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.41 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.82inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.41inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 PM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 PM
- 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 4 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 4 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.26 in, in the hour to 4 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.26in
- 4 PM
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Waupaca: 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 Waupaca Municipal 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
WaupacaPCZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/826 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wautoma 1 SWWUTW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/863 ft/23 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Menasha - USH 41 @ STH 441MSAW3
Beside a road/28.2 mi away/760 ft/80 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
WaupacaWPCW3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/869 ft/29 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Waupaca 0.3 SSWWI-WP-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/851 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Waupaca Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Waupacacity, 4 mi
- Weyauwegacity, 4 mi
- Kingcommunity, 6 mi
- Chain O' Lakescommunity, 7 mi
- Ogdensburgvillage, 8 mi
- Fremontvillage, 9 mi
- Manawacity, 10 mi
- Scandinaviavillage, 11 mi
- Northportcommunity, 12 mi
- Pine Rivercommunity, 13 mi
- Iolavillage, 13 mi
- Tustincommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Waupaca Municipal Airport
- Clintonville Municipal AirportCLI, 24 mi
- Wautoma Municipal AirportY50, 25 mi
- Appleton International AirportATW, 25 mi
- Stevens Point Municipal AirportSTE, 29 mi
- Wittman Regional AirportOSH, 33 mi
- Shawano Municipal AirportEZS, 39 mi
- Alexander Field South Wood County AirportISW, 41 mi
- Central Wisconsin AirportCWA, 44 mi