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Bayfront, Wisconsin

Community in Ashland County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Bayfront

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 55 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good4.5 mi
  • Ozone17Good19 ppb4.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bayfront

0.61 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.61in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bayfront, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bayfront, WisconsinReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bayfront, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AshlandASX

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/818 ft/205 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank15of 1,313

Ino - USH 2 @ Haviar Rd.WI054

Beside a road/21.7 mi away/1,091 ft/478 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

AshlandAWXW3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/686 ft/73 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank43of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Ashland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Bayfront, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 500 ft, overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Ashland, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ASXFIG. A THE SKY OVER ASHLANDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLEAshland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ASXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ASX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Ashland: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ASXFIG. B THE AIR AT ASHLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.0 F, 46.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAshland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ASXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ASX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ashland, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ASXFIG. C THE WIND AT ASHLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAshland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ASXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ASX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ashland, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bayfront

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bayfront

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