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Rib Mountain, Wisconsin

Community in Marathon County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Rib Mountain

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Central Waters North (WI), 19 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good15 mi
  • Ozone14Good13 ppb15 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rib Mountain

1.15 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
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rib Mountain, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rib Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-39 NB at CTH N - WausauWUSW3

Beside a road/0.3 mi away/1,198 ft/53 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

WausauAUW

At an airfield/1.7 mi away/1,198 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank634of 1,313

Mosinee 2SEMNEW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.2 mi away/1,237 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank541of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Wausau, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.7 mi from Rib Mountain, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,200 ft, broken at 4,800 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wausau, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUWFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUSAUSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWausau, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AUWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Wausau: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUWFIG. B THE AIR AT WAUSAUTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.0 F, 47.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWausau, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wausau, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUWFIG. C THE WIND AT WAUSAUPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWausau, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wausau Wsaw Tv (SAUW3), 3.1 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 23:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Rib Mountain

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

Near Rib Mountain

River and lake gauges