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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 71% around 4 AM.
Now. Tomahawk Regional Airport is 44° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. 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 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:51 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.
As of 3:00 AM in Tomahawk Regional Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 45 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,401 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 8 mph head, on 27 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Tomahawk (TKV), Tomahawk Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
45 F at 2 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
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.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.89 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.90 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
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
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
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.