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Tomahawk Regional Airport, Wisconsin

Small airport in Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Tomahawk Regional Airport

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 45 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tomahawk Regional Airport

0.81 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
0.81in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tomahawk Regional Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
TKV
ICAO
KTKV
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,487 ft
Serves
Tomahawk
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
TKV
Wind now
From 310° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 274,401 ft75 ftAsphalt90° / 270°8 mph head, on 276 mph from the right
09271,000 ftN310° 10 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Tomahawk (TKV), Tomahawk Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

45 F at 2 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
45F
2 AM
Highest
49F
4 AM Thursday
Lowest
45F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Tomahawk, temperature from 44.7 to 49.0, the latest 44.7; dew point from 42.9 to 46.5, the latest 43.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF42444648506 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 43 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 4 AM Thursday to 97% at 9 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
43F
2 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
80 to 97%
Relative humidity at Tomahawk, relative humidity from 80 to 97, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%75808590951006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

8 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 2 AM.

Now
8mph
from the northwest
Strongest
8mph
2 AM
Highest gust
16mph
2 AM
Wind at Tomahawk, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 8, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Tomahawk, wind direction from 80 to 330, the latest 310, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.89 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.89inHg
2 AM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.32inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Tomahawk, pressure, altimeter from 29.85 to 30.21, the latest 29.89, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.2030.306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
2mi
7 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Tomahawk, visibility from 1.5 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
2 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Tomahawk, lowest cloud base from 400 to 2,900, the latest 1,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.90 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Wettest hour
0.12in
1 PM Thursday
Hours with some
13
Precipitation at Tomahawk, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.12, the latest 0.02, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Tomahawk: 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 Tomahawk Regional 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

TomahawkTKV

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,486 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Tomahawk - USH 8 @ USH 51WI058

Beside a road/8.3 mi away/1,501 ft/14 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

WoodruffWUFW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.0 mi away/1,627 ft/140 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Tomahawk 4.5 WSWWI-LN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,456 ft/31 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rice Reservoir No. 2TAKW3

At a reservoir/4.7 mi away/1,470 ft/17 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rice Reservoir No. 2 (TAKW3), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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