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Bruce, Wisconsin

Village in Rusk County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Bruce

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 31 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bruce

0.85 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.85in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bruce, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LadysmithLDYW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/1,155 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank423of 1,313

LadysmithRCX

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/1,238 ft/129 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank16of 1,313

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/21.5 mi away/1,051 ft/58 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Bruce 1.0 NWWI-RS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,121 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ladysmith 3WLDSW3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/1,129 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ladysmith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Bruce, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Ladysmith, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. A THE SKY OVER LADYSMITHSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLELadysmith, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.7 F with a dew point of 42.3 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Ladysmith: temperature 43.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.3, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. B THE AIR AT LADYSMITHTHE 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 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.7 F, 42.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLELadysmith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ladysmith, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCXFIG. C THE WIND AT LADYSMITHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELadysmith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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