Storm Station
Fountain City, Wisconsin
61°
Overcast· Feels like 61°·Light air 1 mph ESE
A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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72%Humidity
82%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fountain City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Arcadia - STH 93ACDW3

Beside a road/13.5 mi away/1,241 ft/67 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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La CrosseLSE

At an airfield/28.5 mi away/650 ft/524 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank262of 347

measured daily2 instruments

Cochrane 0.6 ESEWI-BF-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/722 ft/452 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Trempealeau L & D 6TREW3

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/643 ft/531 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at La Crosse, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.5 mi from Fountain City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,100 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over La Crosse, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER LA CROSSESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELa Crosse, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LSE-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 52.0 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 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at La Crosse: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 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 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSEFIG. B THE AIR AT LA CROSSETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 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 POINTTITLELa Crosse, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LSE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at La Crosse, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, 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 LSEFIG. C THE WIND AT LA CROSSEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Crosse, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Trempealeau L & D 6 (TREW3), 16.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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Near Fountain City

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