Current weather · Sep 29, 12:05 AM CDT

43.0280, -88.3930

55°

Mostly ClearFeels like 55° · Humidity 91%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI · grid 72,64
High
73°
Low
61°
Rain today
8%
Sunrise
6:49 AM
Sunset
6:38 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Tue 12 AM55°55°53°91%0%SE2 mph6 mph12%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 1 AM55°55°52°90%0%SSE1 mph5 mph17%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 2 AM54°54°51°90%0%SSE0 mph5 mph16%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 3 AM54°54°51°90%0%SSE1 mph5 mph24%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 4 AM53°53°51°91%0%SSE1 mph6 mph39%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 5 AM53°53°50°89%0%S1 mph5 mph46%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 6 AM51°51°49°93%0%S1 mph5 mph52%—9 mi-100 ft
Tue 7 AM50°50°49°96%0%N0 mph5 mph38%—9 mi-100 ft
Tue 8 AM53°53°51°93%0%SSE1 mph6 mph31%—9 mi-100 ft
Tue 9 AM58°58°54°86%0%S2 mph7 mph33%—9 mi-100 ft
Tue 10 AM62°62°55°78%0%S3 mph8 mph31%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 11 AM64°64°55°73%0%SSW6 mph9 mph24%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 12 PM67°67°56°68%0%S7 mph12 mph30%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 1 PM69°69°56°63%0%S7 mph13 mph25%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 2 PM71°71°55°57%0%S8 mph13 mph35%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 3 PM72°72°55°55%0%S8 mph14 mph43%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 4 PM70°70°55°59%0%S8 mph14 mph53%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 5 PM69°69°56°63%0%S7 mph13 mph48%—10 mi-100 ft
Tue 6 PM67°67°56°68%1%S7 mph10 mph63%1%—10 mi20,100 ft
Tue 7 PM65°65°56°73%8%S6 mph12 mph95%2%—10 mi17,500 ft
Tue 8 PM64°64°56°75%8%S6 mph13 mph80%2%—10 mi16,300 ft
Tue 9 PM63°63°56°78%0%S7 mph14 mph82%—10 mi15,000 ft
Tue 10 PM63°63°56°78%0%S7 mph15 mph66%—10 mi13,800 ft
Tue 11 PM63°63°55°75%0%S7 mph16 mph61%—10 mi12,100 ft
Wed 12 AM62°62°55°78%0%S7 mph15 mph66%—10 mi10,400 ft
Wed 1 AM63°63°55°75%0%0.03 inS7 mph15 mph65%—10 mi8,700 ft
Wed 2 AM62°62°55°78%0%0.03 inS7 mph16 mph61%—10 mi9,000 ft
Wed 3 AM62°62°55°78%9%0.03 inSSW7 mph16 mph73%9%—10 mi10,100 ft
Wed 4 AMChance of moderate rain showers62°62°55°78%33%0.03 inSSW7 mph16 mph66%11%—10 mi10,000 ft
Wed 5 AM61°61°55°81%14%0.03 inSSW7 mph16 mph65%11%—10 mi10,900 ft
Wed 6 AMChance of moderate rain showers61°61°55°81%36%0.03 inSSW7 mph16 mph69%11%—10 mi10,000 ft
Wed 7 AMLight rain showers likely61°61°56°84%57%0.02 inSSW7 mph16 mph79%9%—6 mi9,000 ft
Wed 8 AMLight rain showers likely61°61°57°87%57%0.02 inSSW8 mph16 mph68%9%——
Wed 9 AMLight rain showers likely62°62°58°87%57%0.02 inSSW8 mph16 mph79%9%——
Wed 10 AMLight rain showers likely63°63°58°84%57%0.02 inSSW8 mph15 mph90%6%——
Wed 11 AMLight rain showers likely64°64°59°84%57%0.02 inSSW8 mph15 mph92%6%——
Wed 12 PMLight rain showers likely65°65°60°84%57%0.02 inSSW9 mph16 mph95%6%——
Wed 1 PMLight rain showers66°66°61°84%75%0.03 inSSW9 mph17 mph97%8%——
Wed 2 PMLight rain showers66°66°62°87%75%0.03 inSSW9 mph18 mph94%8%——
Wed 3 PMLight rain showers66°66°62°87%75%0.03 inS9 mph18 mph92%8%——
Wed 4 PMLight rain showers67°67°62°84%75%0.03 inS9 mph18 mph89%13%——
Wed 5 PMLight rain showers67°67°62°84%75%0.03 inS9 mph18 mph92%13%——
Wed 6 PMLight rain showers68°68°62°81%75%0.03 inS8 mph17 mph94%13%——
Wed 7 PMLight rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms68°68°62°81%65%0.02 inS8 mph17 mph97%17%——
Wed 8 PMLight rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms67°67°62°84%65%0.02 inS8 mph17 mph96%17%——
Wed 9 PMLight rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms66°66°62°87%65%0.02 inSSW9 mph17 mph94%17%——
Wed 10 PMLight rain showers likely65°65°62°90%65%0.02 inSSW9 mph17 mph93%13%——
Wed 11 PMLight rain showers likely65°65°62°90%65%0.02 inSSW8 mph16 mph92%13%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 29, 12:01 AM CDT to day 7, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2973°61°Mostly Sunny8%wind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. WedSep 3069°63°Rain Showers75%0.54 inwind 9 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. ThuOct 168°51°Showers And Thunderstorms77%0.92 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  4. FriOct 263°46°Chance Rain Showers36%0.16 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  5. SatOct 363°50°Slight Chance Rain Showers19%0.10 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. SunOct 463°44°Partly Sunny13%wind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  7. MonOct 559°44°Sunny4%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  8. TueOct 661°49°National Blend5%wind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  9. WedOct 763°49°National Blend14%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  10. ThuOct 862°48°National Blend14%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  11. FriOct 9~60°46°Model mean
  12. SatOct 10~54°38°Model mean
  13. SunOct 11~63°42°Model mean
  14. MonOct 12~65°49°Model mean0.02 in
  15. TueOct 13~55°40°Model mean
  16. WedOct 14~53°42°Model mean0.02 in

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like55°
  • WindSE 2 mphgusts 6 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity91%
  • Dew point53°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:52 PMMoonset 10:25 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous90% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 28, 7:00 PM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2972°61°NWS grid 73° / 61°rain 36%thunder 11%wind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. WedSep 3068°63°NWS grid 69° / 63°rain 86%thunder 15%0.70 inwind 9 mph · gusts 20 mph
  3. ThuOct 168°51°NWS grid 68° / 51°rain 91%thunder 12%1.13 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  4. FriOct 263°48°NWS grid 63° / 46°rain 27%0.13 inwind 7 mph · gusts 15 mph
  5. SatOct 362°48°NWS grid 63° / 50°rain 9%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. SunOct 462°43°NWS grid 63° / 44°rain 5%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  7. MonOct 559°44°NWS grid 59° / 44°rain 1%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  8. TueOct 661°49°Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  9. WedOct 763°49°Beyond the NWS gridrain 14%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  10. ThuOct 862°48°Beyond the NWS gridrain 14%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  11. FriOct 961°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 6%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
41°59°77°TueWedThuFriSatSunMonTue

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 28, 7:00 PM CDT · GFS Sep 28, 1:00 PM CDT · GEFS Sep 28, 1:00 PM CDT · ECMWF Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT · ECMWF AI Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

32°55°77°TueWedThuFriSatSunMonTue

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2973° 61°72° 53°73° 51°72° 51°0.02 in69° 51°0.02 in~73° 50°0.01 in
Wed Sep 3069° 63°0.54 in67° 61°0.10 in64° 58°1.39 in64° 61°0.93 in68° 62°0.34 in~65° 61°1.13 in
Thu Oct 168° 51°0.92 in—70° 58°0.54 in66° 59°0.79 in65° 62°0.85 in~67° 64°1.17 in
Fri Oct 263° 46°0.16 in—62° 49°60° 49°0.14 in64° 52°~66° 54°0.02 in
Sat Oct 363° 50°0.10 in—66° 48°61° 47°0.07 in63° 47°~65° 49°
Sun Oct 463° 44°—61° 45°61° 48°0.02 in~67° 48°~68° 51°0.01 in
Mon Oct 559° 44°—59° 39°56° 39°~60° 43°~55° 40°
Tue Oct 6——56° 44°59° 40°~63° 45°~60° 37°
Wed Oct 7——61° 51°0.14 in64° 48°0.12 in~69° 51°0.03 in~66° 49°0.23 in
Thu Oct 8——56° 42°~62° 50°0.04 in~62° 53°~65° 48°
Fri Oct 9——~55° 41°—~52° 42°~73° 55°
Sat Oct 10——~49° 31°—~58° 39°~55° 44°
Sun Oct 11——~64° 40°—~66° 52°~58° 35°
Mon Oct 12——~70° 55°—~56° 45°~69° 47°0.05 in
Tue Oct 13——~55° 40°—~44° 44°~63° 57°0.03 in
Wed Oct 14——~53° 42°0.02 in———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Waukesha Cnty (UES) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Wed Oct 14, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 33% · Oct 202640% chance above normal · Oct to Dec-20°0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2969° / 45°94° (1953)26° (1935)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 667° / 42°88° (1963)22° (1952)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1360° / 41°86° (1975)14° (2003)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2057° / 38°86° (1953)10° (1987)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2754° / 38°81° (1937)7° (1925)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 349° / 32°74° (1964)3° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1046° / 30°74° (1999)1° (1933)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1746° / 31°71° (1953)-6° (1950)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2441° / 24°67° (1998)-9° (1950)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 139° / 24°68° (2001)-15° (1940)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 832° / 17°61° (1946)-17° (1903)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1531° / 17°57° (1984)-28° (1945)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 2228° / 12°60° (1982)-23° (1983)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayVery goodfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayVery goodhumid
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
TuesdayPoor8:13 PM to 5:15 AM0 of 9None87%7 mph
WednesdayPoor8:11 PM to 5:16 AM0 of 9None79%7 h9 mph
ThursdayPoor8:09 PM to 5:18 AM0 of 9None70%6 mph
FridayPoor8:07 PM to 5:19 AM0 of 9None60%7 h3 mph
SaturdayPoor8:05 PM to 5:20 AM0 of 9None50%8 h3 mph
SundayFair8:04 PM to 5:21 AM4 of 9None39%Poor1 h5 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Tue6:20 AM to 6:31 AM6:31 AM to 7:26 AM6:01 PM to 6:55 PM6:55 PM to 7:06 PM
Wed6:22 AM to 6:33 AM6:33 AM to 7:28 AM5:59 PM to 6:54 PM6:54 PM to 7:05 PM
Thu6:23 AM to 6:34 AM6:34 AM to 7:29 AM5:57 PM to 6:52 PM6:52 PM to 7:03 PM
Fri6:24 AM to 6:35 AM6:35 AM to 7:30 AM5:55 PM to 6:50 PM6:50 PM to 7:01 PM
Sat6:25 AM to 6:36 AM6:36 AM to 7:31 AM5:53 PM to 6:48 PM6:48 PM to 6:59 PM
Sun6:26 AM to 6:37 AM6:37 AM to 7:32 AM5:52 PM to 6:47 PM6:47 PM to 6:58 PM
Mon6:27 AM to 6:38 AM6:38 AM to 7:33 AM5:50 PM to 6:45 PM6:45 PM to 6:56 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 6:49 AM, 93° E
  • SS Sunset 6:38 PM, 267° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:52 PM, 58° ENE
  • MS Moonset 10:25 AM, 299° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 90% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: no-fly (low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). No stretch of two good hours in the next three days.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:19 AM to sunrise 6:49 AM, and sunset 6:38 PM to 7:08 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Tue 12 AMNo-fly29130%10 miup to 0 ft55°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 1 AMNo-fly1580%10 miup to 0 ft55°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 2 AMNo-fly0050%10 miup to 0 ft54°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 3 AMNo-fly1580%10 miup to 0 ft54°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 4 AMNo-fly1590%10 miup to 0 ft53°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 5 AMNo-fly1580%10 miup to 0 ft53°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 6 AMNo-fly1360%9 miup to 0 ft51°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 7 AMNo-fly0050%9 miup to 0 ft50°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 8 AMNo-fly1160%9 miup to 0 ft53°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 9 AMNo-fly2370%9 miup to 0 ft58°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 10 AMNo-fly3490%10 miup to 0 ft62°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 11 AMNo-fly67100%10 miup to 0 ft64°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 12 PMNo-fly78130%10 miup to 0 ft67°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 1 PMNo-fly78140%10 miup to 0 ft69°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 2 PMNo-fly810140%10 miup to 0 ft71°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 3 PMNo-fly810160%10 miup to 0 ft72°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 4 PMNo-fly810160%10 miup to 0 ft70°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 5 PMNo-fly79150%10 miup to 0 ft69°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Tue 6 PMCaution79121%10 mi400 ft67°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Tue 7 PMCaution68148%10 mi400 ft65°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 8 PMCaution68158%10 mi400 ft64°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 9 PMCaution710170%10 mi400 ft63°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 10 PMCaution710180%10 mi400 ft63°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 11 PMCaution710190%10 mi400 ft63°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Tue 10 AM to 9 PM 11 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 9 AM to 9 PM 12 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 1 PM to 8 PM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 6 PM to 11 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 9 AM to 4 PM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
TuesdayDry8%0.00 in55%8 mph1 d
WednesdayWet75%0.54 in81%9 mph
ThursdayWet75%0.92 in81%7 mph
FridayShowers possible15%0.16 in58%7 mph
SaturdayShowers possible19%0.10 in62%7 mph
SundayDry7%0.00 in58%10 mph2 d
MondayDry2%0.00 in55%6 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Tuesday, rated good.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Tue Good1:45 AM to 3:45 AM2:13 PM to 4:13 PM9:55 AM to 10:55 AM7:22 PM to 8:22 PM 90%6:49 AM, 6:38 PM
Wed Poor2:41 AM to 4:41 AM3:11 PM to 5:11 PM11:13 AM to 12:13 PM8:03 PM to 9:03 PM 82%6:50 AM, 6:36 PM
Thu Fair3:41 AM to 5:41 AM4:12 PM to 6:12 PM12:27 PM to 1:27 PM8:56 PM to 9:56 PM 73%6:51 AM, 6:35 PM
Fri Fair4:44 AM to 6:44 AM5:15 PM to 7:15 PM1:32 PM to 2:32 PM10:00 PM to 11:00 PM 64%6:52 AM, 6:33 PM
Sat Fair5:46 AM to 7:46 AM6:17 PM to 8:17 PM2:26 PM to 3:26 PM11:13 PM to 12:13 AM 53%6:53 AM, 6:31 PM
Sun Fair6:46 AM to 8:46 AM7:15 PM to 9:15 PM3:07 PM to 4:07 PM 43%6:54 AM, 6:29 PM
Mon Fair7:42 AM to 9:42 AM8:09 PM to 10:09 PM12:30 AM to 1:30 AM3:40 PM to 4:40 PM 32%6:56 AM, 6:28 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight49° · 0 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southeast wind around 0 mph.

  2. Tuesday73° · S 0–10 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 0 to 10 mph.

  3. Tuesday Night61° · 33% · S 5 mph

    A chance of rain showers between 4am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  4. Wednesday69° · 75% · S 5–10 mph

    Rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  5. Wednesday Night63° · 77% · SW 5–10 mph

    Rain showers before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

  6. Thursday68° · 77% · W 5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 68. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

  7. Thursday Night51° · 59% · N 5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

  8. Friday63° · 31% · NE 5 mph

    A chance of rain showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  9. Friday Night46° · 9% · NE 0–5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

  10. Saturday63° · 19% · E 0–5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  11. Saturday Night50° · 19% · SW 0–5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  12. Sunday63° · 10% · NW 5–10 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

  13. Sunday Night44° · 5% · NW 0–5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

  14. Monday59° · 3% · NW 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 59.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI · issued Sep 28, 11:55 PM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Periods of rain, heavy at times, will spread into southern Wisconsin Tuesday night and persist through Thursday. Expect a few rumbles of thunder as well.

Temperatures will be a few degrees above normal through Thursday, cooling down Friday through the weekend.

Short Term

Issued 1155 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Overnight through Thursday:

We could see some patchy ground fog in the usual low spots again overnight due to clear skies and light winds. The visibilities at Kenosha and Sheboygan airports are bouncing around already. The surface high will start to shift east today (Tuesday) as a trough approaches from the northern Plains. Look for southerly winds to develop by early afternoon. This will usher slightly warmer air into southern WI this afternoon, but the main warm front will arrive this evening.

The initial vorticity advection into southern WI this afternoon will run into dry air, but eventually the deeper moisture will arrive around midnight or a little later to bring a period of showers. There could be a few rumbles of thunder with this due to 925-850mb warm air advection and steeper mid level lapse rates. By Wednesday morning, the upper and lower jets will take on more of a west-east flow with the axis directly over southern WI. The latest GFS and NAM have trended southward over the past 24 hrs and now line it up directly overhead. WPC has our area in a slight risk for excessive rainfall Wed-Wed nt and this seems reasonable. Precipitable water values will be between 1.5 and 2 inches which is very high for this time of year (98th percentile).

The rain Wed into Thu looks like it will have intermittent periods of higher rainfall rates. The short term ensembles (REFS, HREF) are showing a less than 10 percent chance for greater than 2 inches in a 24 hour period. This is due to the overall lack of convection. Timing of the more robust blobs of rain will have to wait for the event to begin. Similarly, the surface front needs to wait for a northern stream upper trough to push it south of southern WI. This could happen as early as Thursday afternoon or as late as Friday morning.

Cronce

Long Term

Issued 1155 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Friday through Monday:

Breezy northerly winds will develop Friday in the wake of the cold front. The wind speeds will depend on the amplitude of the associated upper trough. Then high pressure will slide across the Great Lakes from Friday night through Saturday afternoon. Another upper trough will swing across Lake Superior Saturday night, but it looks like any rain will miss southern WI at this time. High pressure will return Sunday through Tuesday. Highs will be in the lower to mid 60s, with lows in the 40s.

Cronce

Aviation

Issued 1155 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Southerly winds will then develop today (Tuesday) a low pressure approaches from the Northern Plains. Mostly clear skies early tomorrow should give way to increasing mid and high level clouds from the west by afternoon. Look for rain to start moving in tonight. Periods of rain (and low ceilings) will persist through Thursday.

Cronce

Marine

Issued 1155 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

The center of high pressure will shift over Lake Huron Tuesday. Look for areas of fog, dense possible, over the northern quarter of Lake Michigan overnight, but expect it to diminish by mid morning. Southerly winds will develop by early afternoon and continue into Thursday as a low pressure trough approaches from the northern Plains. Wind gusts to 30 knots are possible Wednesday afternoon along with building waves, particularly across central and northern portions of the lake.

Expect northerly winds in the wake of the trough Thursday night into Friday. Strong high pressure will overspread the Great Lakes Friday night. A fast-moving trough should cross Lake Superior early Sunday but the amplitude is still uncertain, which would affect the wind speed.

Cronce

MKX Watches / Warnings / Advisories

WI...None. LM...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 28, 10:48 AM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS43 KMKX 281548
HWOMKX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1048 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-291600-
Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-
Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee-
Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha-
1048 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central 
Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Patchy fog is possible again tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Isolated thunderstorms are possible Wednesday into Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

$$

LMZ643>646-291600-
Sheboygan to Port Washington WI-
Port Washington to North Point Light WI-
North Point Light to Wind Point WI-
Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL-
1048 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters from 
Sheboygan Wisconsin to Winthrop Harbor Illinois.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Increasing southerly winds and building waves are expected 
later Tuesday through Wednesday night, leading to potentially 
hazardous conditions for small craft.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible Wednesday into Thursday.

$$

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-291600-
Lake Michigan Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to
mid-line of lake.-
Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the
Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South
Fox Island 5NM offshore-
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to
mid lake-
Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI 5NM
offshore to mid lake-
Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5NM offshore
to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City in 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5NM offshore to Mid
lake-
Lake Michigan from St Joseph to South Haven MI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
1048 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the open waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Breezy south winds and building waves are expected Tuesday night 
through Wednesday.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible Wednesday into Thursday.

$$


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The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Mon Oct 5No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Tue Oct 6No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Tue Sep 29Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Wed Sep 300.25 in
  3. Day 3 · Thu Oct 10.75 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 2–Oct 30.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 4–Oct 5Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Tue Sep 29Below marginal
  2. Day 2 · Wed Sep 30Below marginal
  3. Day 3 · Thu Oct 1Slight
  4. Day 4 · Fri Oct 2Below marginal
  5. Day 5 · Sat Oct 3Below marginal

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 8
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 4–Oct 8
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 6–Oct 12
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 6–Oct 12

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Thu Oct 1Heavy Rain

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Waukesha Wwtp

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around May 1 and the first fall freeze around October 13: a growing season of about 162 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by September 29; one spring in ten still has one after May 18.

Climate of 43.03, -88.39: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 29 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementTueWedThuFriSatSunMon
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max67°65°66°60°61°59°55°
Heat index max72°
Wind chill min50°49°46°48°44°
Chance of thunder max2%17%17%2%4%5%4%
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft8,700 ft
Visibility min9 mi6 mi
Mixing height max2,800 ft1,300 ft
Transport wind max14 mph15 mph
Twenty-foot wind max7 mph7 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Waukesha Cnty (UES) · 7.9 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Tue Sep 2973° / 61°65° / 44°94° (1953)28° (1942)
Wed Sep 3069° / 63°68° / 45°89° (1952)28° (1899)
Thu Oct 168° / 51°69° / 44°88° (1971)28° (1918)
Fri Oct 263° / 46°69° / 45°87° (1971)27° (1974)
Sat Oct 363° / 50°68° / 44°83° (1953)27° (2003)
Sun Oct 463° / 44°66° / 46°86° (1897)28° (1935)
Mon Oct 559° / 44°64° / 43°86° (1946)26° (1935)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Tue6:20 AM6:49 AM6:38 PM7:06 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed6:22 AM6:50 AM6:36 PM7:05 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu6:23 AM6:51 AM6:35 PM7:03 PM11 h 44 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri6:24 AM6:52 AM6:33 PM7:01 PM11 h 41 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:25 AM6:53 AM6:31 PM6:59 PM11 h 38 min Last quarter · 53% lit
Sun6:26 AM6:54 AM6:29 PM6:58 PM11 h 35 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:27 AM6:56 AM6:28 PM6:56 PM11 h 32 min Waning crescent · 32% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

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