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Ridgeland, Wisconsin

Village in Dunn County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Ridgeland

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chippewa Valley and Eastern Twin Cities (WI), 21 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

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 Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgeland

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgeland, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgeland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/13.7 mi away/1,051 ft/45 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

ChetekY23

At an airfield/14.7 mi away/1,039 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank509of 1,313

measured daily2 instruments

Ridgeland 1 NNERIDW3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/958 ft/138 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Prairie Farm 0.2 SEWI-BR-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/1,040 ft/56 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Chetek, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.7 mi from Ridgeland, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Chetek, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y23FIG. A THE SKY OVER CHETEKSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEChetek, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y23TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y23-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.6 F with a dew point of 44.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Chetek: temperature 46.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y23FIG. B THE AIR AT CHETEKTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.6 F, 44.8 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 POINTTITLEChetek, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y23TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y23-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Chetek, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 5 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 Y23FIG. C THE WIND AT CHETEKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChetek, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y23TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y23-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chetek, 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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