Storm Station
Rib Lake, Wisconsin
54°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 54°·Light air 1 mph NNW
A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind around 1 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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86%Humidity
65%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rib Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MedfordMDZ

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/1,470 ft/100 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank245of 347

Diamond Lake RAWSDMLW3

A remote fire weather station/27.8 mi away/1,306 ft/264 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank100of 347

measured daily2 instruments

Rib Lake 0.3 SSWWI-TY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,577 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PrenticePRNW3

At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/1,539 ft/31 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Medford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Rib Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Medford, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MEDFORDSECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMedford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MDZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MDZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 49.5 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Medford: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.5, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDZFIG. B THE AIR AT MEDFORDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 49.5 FSPREAD 4.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEMedford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MDZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Medford, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDZFIG. C THE WIND AT MEDFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMedford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MDZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Rib Lake

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