Storm Station
Birchwood, Wisconsin
63°
Overcast· Feels like 63°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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60%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Birchwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Rice LakeRPD

At an airfield/19.5 mi away/1,102 ft/146 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank217of 347

Chetek - USH 53 @ CTH ICHKW3

Beside a road/24.9 mi away/1,051 ft/197 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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LadysmithLDYW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.2 mi away/1,155 ft/93 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank78of 347

measured daily2 instruments

Sarona 4.9 EWI-WB-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/1,237 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SpoonerSPOW3

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/1,316 ft/68 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rice Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.5 mi from Birchwood. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rice Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPDFIG. A THE SKY OVER RICE LAKESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERice Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RPDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RPD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.7 F with a dew point of 52.7 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Rice Lake: temperature 61.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.7, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPDFIG. B THE AIR AT RICE LAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 61.7 FDEW POINT 52.7 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLERice Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RPD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rice Lake, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 7 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 RPDFIG. C THE WIND AT RICE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERice Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RPD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rice Lake, 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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Near Birchwood

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