Temperature
50 F at 3 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Waukesha County Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Waukesha County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast 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.
50°
53°/45°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 43°·Moderate breeze 19 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Waukesha County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Waukesha County Airport is 50° and light drizzle at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 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 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
50feels43
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5345
22%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5532
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6139
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6540
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6742
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6945
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6949
12%
50°
53°45°
55°32°
61°39°
65°40°
67°42°
69°45°
69°49°
As of 3:00 AM in Waukesha County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Waukesha County Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 18 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good1.9 mi
- Ozone15Good14 ppb1.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good1.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.8 ppb17.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm17.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waukesha County Airport
0.57 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.57in
- Last 3 days
- 0.57in
Visibility
How far you can see at Waukesha County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- UES
- ICAO
- KUES
- IATA
- UES
- Field elevation
- 911 ft
- Serves
- Waukesha
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UES
- Wind now
- From 290° at 20 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,849 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 102° / 282° | 20 mph head, on 28 | 3 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,599 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 186° / 6° | 5 mph head, on 36 | 19 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Waukesha Cnty (UES), Waukesha County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 4 AM Thursday to 100% at 11 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.86 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.86inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 1 PM Thursday; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 1 PM Thursday
- 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 200 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Waukesha Cnty: 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 Waukesha County 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/902 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pewaukee WWTPPWKW3
At a water treatment plant/3.3 mi away/912 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Milwaukee Southwest - I-894 @ I-43WI018
Beside a road/11.3 mi away/745 ft/166 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Waukesha 1.6 NWWI-WK-51
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/979 ft/68 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Carroll CollegeWCCW3
On a college campus/3.0 mi away/902 ft/9 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Carroll College (WCCW3), 3.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Waukesha County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Waukesha County Airport
- Lawrence J Timmerman AirportMWC, 11 mi
- East Troy Municipal Airport57C, 18 mi
- General Mitchell International AirportMKE, 18 mi
- Burlington Municipal AirportBUU, 24 mi
- Watertown Municipal AirportRYV, 26 mi
- West Bend Municipal AirportETB, 27 mi
- John H Batten AirportRAC, 29 mi
- Kenosha Regional AirportENW, 35 mi