Temperature
63 F at 12 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 48 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fitch H Beach Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Eaton County, Michigan66°
57°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WSW
Now. Fitch H Beach Airport is 66° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 46° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
66feels66
12%
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5748
67%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5331
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6232
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6635
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6837
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6838
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6941
mostly clear day
66°
57°48°
53°31°
62°32°
66°35°
68°37°
68°38°
69°41°
As of 2:00 AM in Fitch H Beach Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Fitch H Beach Airport
Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lansing (MI), 15 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good18.2 mi
- Ozone17Good12 ppb18.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good18.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.7 ppb18.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb18.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fitch H Beach Airport
0.20 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.20in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 77%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fitch H Beach Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FPK
- ICAO
- KFPK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 891 ft
- Serves
- Charlotte
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FPK
- Wind now
- From 250° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 3,510 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 21° / 201° | 10 mph head, on 21 | 11 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 unlit | 2,298 ft | 95 ft | Grass | 140° / 320° | 5 mph head, on 33 | 14 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Charlotte (FPK), Fitch H Beach Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 2 PM Thursday to 98% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.67 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.54 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.67inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.54inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.20 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.20in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Charlotte: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Fitch H Beach Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Charlotte 0.5 NWMI-ET-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/930 ft/39 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CharlotteCLTM4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/899 ft/8 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fitch H Beach Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Charlottecity, 2 mi
- Pottervillecity, 5 mi
- Eaton Rapidscity, 9 mi
- Dimondalevillage, 10 mi
- Olivetcity, 11 mi
- Vermontvillevillage, 11 mi
- Grand Ledgecity, 13 mi
- Mullikenvillage, 13 mi
- Bellevuevillage, 14 mi
- Nashvillevillage, 14 mi
- Waverlycommunity, 14 mi
- Springportvillage, 15 mi
Airports near Fitch H Beach Airport
- Capital Region International AirportLAN, 18 mi
- Mason Jewett FieldTEW, 20 mi
- Brooks FieldRMY, 24 mi
- Jackson County Airport/Reynolds FieldJXN, 28 mi
- Ionia County AirportY70, 28 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 29 mi
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 42 mi
- Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy AirportOZW, 42 mi