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Lake Wissota, Wisconsin

Community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Lake Wissota

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 25 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good12.1 mi
  • Ozone12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good12.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Wissota

1.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.10in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Wissota, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Wissota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Eau ClaireEAU

At an airfield/9.5 mi away/886 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank17of 1,313

Eau Claire - I-94 @ USH 53ECRW3

Beside a road/11.9 mi away/881 ft/46 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Chippewa Falls 3.6 ESEWI-CH-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/926 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chippewa FallsCHPW3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/820 ft/107 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank204of 1,313

Station report

The weather at Eau Claire, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Lake Wissota, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:24 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,000 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Eau Claire, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. A THE SKY OVER EAU CLAIRESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEau Claire, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-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 44.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Eau Claire: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. B THE AIR AT EAU CLAIRETHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEEau Claire, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eau Claire, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EAUFIG. C THE WIND AT EAU CLAIREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEau Claire, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EAUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Chippewa Falls (CHPW3), 5.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Lake Wissota

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

Near Lake Wissota

River and lake gauges