Storm Station
Balsam Lake, Wisconsin
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Light air 4 mph SE
A chance of rain showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
-UV
-Air quality
78%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Balsam Lake, 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 now3 instruments

OsceolaOEO

At an airfield/15.1 mi away/902 ft/252 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank226of 347

Star Prairie RAWSSRPW3

A remote fire weather station/20.7 mi away/947 ft/207 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank69of 347

measured daily2 instruments

Balsam Lake 1.3 ESEWI-PK-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,150 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LuckLUCW3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/1,207 ft/53 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Osceola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Balsam Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Osceola, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OEOFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSCEOLASECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOsceola, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OEOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OEO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Osceola: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OEOFIG. B THE AIR AT OSCEOLATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEOsceola, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OEOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OEO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Osceola, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 6 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 OEOFIG. C THE WIND AT OSCEOLAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOsceola, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OEOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OEO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Luck (LUCW3), 8.4 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 09:16. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Balsam Lake

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