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Shell Lake, Wisconsin

City in Washburn County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Shell Lake

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 33 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shell Lake

0.85 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Shell Lake, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shell Lake, 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

CumberlandUBE

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,240 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank546of 1,313

Minong RAWSMRZW3

A remote fire weather station/27.4 mi away/1,050 ft/197 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank462of 1,313

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/32.9 mi away/1,051 ft/196 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Shell Lake 1.2 WWI-WB-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,222 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SpoonerSPOW3

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/1,316 ft/69 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cumberland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Shell Lake, Wisconsin. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Cumberland, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UBEFIG. A THE SKY OVER CUMBERLANDSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLECumberland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UBETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UBE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Cumberland: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UBEFIG. B THE AIR AT CUMBERLANDTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECumberland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UBETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UBE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cumberland, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UBEFIG. C THE WIND AT CUMBERLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECumberland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UBETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UBE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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