Citizen station WX0AOKWX0AOK
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/910 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Watzl's Point Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Scott County, Minnesota* 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.
46°
52°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Watzl's Point Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Watzl's Point Beach is 46° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
46feels41
17%
Today
Oct 16
5242
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5934
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6443
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6545
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6845
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7251
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7254
16%
46°
52°42°
59°34°
64°43°
65°45°
68°45°
72°51°
72°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Watzl's Point Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Watzl's Point Beach
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 9 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good6.3 mi
- Ozone6Good10 ppb6.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-21.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.5 ppb19 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb19.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm7.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Watzl's Point Beach
0.60 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.60in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 90%
Visibility
How far you can see at Watzl's Point Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Scott County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.7219° N
- Longitude
- 93.4284° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Watzl's Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/7.4 mi away/888 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Burnsville I-35W Mile Post 4MN086
Beside a road/8.6 mi away/792 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Minnesota River Near Jordan05330000
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/690 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Prior Lake 0.9 SSEMN-SC-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/959 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Jordan 1 SJDNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/928 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Watzl's Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Prior Lakecity, under 1 mi
- Savagecity, 4 mi
- Credit Rivercity, 5 mi
- Shakopeecity, 5 mi
- Buck Hillski area, 7 mi
- Burnsvillecity, 8 mi
- Eden Prairiecity, 9 mi
- Bloomingtoncity, 9 mi
- Lakevillecity, 9 mi
- Carvercity, 11 mi
- Chaskacity, 11 mi
- Jordancity, 11 mi