Temperature
49 F at 1 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 49F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field, Wisconsin
Small airport in Barron 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.
48°
51°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field 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 2 AM (60%).
Now. Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field is 48° and overcast at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:59 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
21Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
48feels44
60%
Today
Oct 16
5138
96%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
6029
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6637
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6739
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6939
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7145
15%
Thu
Oct 22
7151
27%
48°
51°38°
60°29°
66°37°
67°39°
69°39°
71°45°
71°51°
As of 2:00 AM in Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 36 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
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 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field
0.84 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.84in
- Last 3 days
- 0.84in
Visibility
How far you can see at Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RPD
- ICAO
- KRPD
- IATA
- RIE
- Field elevation
- 1,109 ft
- Serves
- Rice Lake
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RPD
- Wind now
- From 300° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 6,700 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 11° / 191° | 3 mph head, on 01 | 8 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 3,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 8 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rice Lake (RPD), Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 6 AM Thursday to 98% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 84 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.26inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 AM
- 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 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.75 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.75in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 14
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rice Lake: 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 Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field, 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
Rice LakeRPD
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,102 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/10.0 mi away/1,051 ft/58 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
LadysmithLDYW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.8 mi away/1,155 ft/46 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rice LakeRILW3
At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/1,093 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Barron 3.6 NEWI-BR-46
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,105 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Rice Lake (RILW3), 0.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 06:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cameronvillage, 2 mi
- Barroncity, 4 mi
- Rice Lakecity, 5 mi
- Chetekcity, 9 mi
- Dallasvillage, 11 mi
- Haugenvillage, 13 mi
- Almenavillage, 13 mi
- Cumberlandcity, 14 mi
- Prairie Farmvillage, 16 mi
- Ridgelandvillage, 16 mi
- Weyerhaeuservillage, 17 mi
- Turtle Lakevillage, 18 mi
Airports near Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field
- Chetek Municipal Southworth AirportY23, 10 mi
- Cumberland Municipal AirportUBE, 12 mi
- Menomonie Municipal Score FieldLUM, 37 mi
- Rusk County AirportRCX, 38 mi
- Burnett County AirportRZN, 40 mi
- Chippewa Valley Regional AirportEAU, 41 mi
- New Richmond Regional AirportRNH, 42 mi
- Sawyer County AirportHYR, 45 mi