Airports/Michigan/Grayling Army Air Field

Grayling Army Air Field, Michigan

Small airport in Crawford County, Michigan

49° 59°/30°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 47°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE

Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (92%).

Now. Grayling Army Air Field is 49° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 23°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

21Air quality

98%Humidity

76%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

49feels47

92%

Today

Oct 15

5930

100%

Fri

Oct 16

5236

96%

15mph

Sat

Oct 17

5623

12mph

Sun

Oct 18

6631

14mph

Mon

Oct 19

6736

Tue

Oct 20

6933

Wed

Oct 21

6934

49°

59°30°

52°36°

56°23°

66°31°

67°36°

69°33°

69°34°

As of 11:00 PM in Grayling Army Air Field, Michigan.

Air quality

The air at Grayling Army Air Field

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 19 miles off.

21Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

GoodModerate

23YesterdayOct 14
GoodTodayOct 15
GoodFriOct 16

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grayling Army Air Field

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.57in
Last 3 days: 2.45in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 23%

Visibility

How far you can see at Grayling Army Air Field, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 2 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

Airfield

Code: GOV
ICAO: KGOV
IATA: -
Field elevation: 1,158 ft
Serves: Grayling
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: GOV
Wind now: From 90° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
05 / 23 unlit	5,000 ft	150 ft	Concrete	46° / 226°	5 mph head, on 05	5 mph from the right
14 / 32	5,005 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	136° / 316°	5 mph head, on 14	5 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Grayling AF (GOV), Grayling Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

50 F at 10 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now: 50F; 10 PM
Highest: 54F; 1 PM
Lowest: 42F; 4 AM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 48 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 12 PM to 99% at 9 PM.

Dew point now: 48F; 10 PM
Humidity now: 95%
Humidity, range: 74 to 99%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

6 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.

Now: 6mph; from the east
Strongest: 12mph; 1 PM
Highest gust: -; none reported

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.75 inHg at 10 PM, falling 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.75inHg; 10 PM
3 hours: -0.13inHg; falling
24 hours: -0.49inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 6 PM; 4 miles now.

Now: 4mi
Lowest: 2mi; 6 PM
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 300 ft at 9 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 300ft; 9 PM
Hours with a base reported: 23

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.61 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 6 PM.

Last 24 hours: 0.61in
Wettest hour: 0.16in; 6 PM
Hours with some: 7

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Grayling AF: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Grayling Army Air Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Grayling AFGOV

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,158 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Grayling RAWSGYGM4

A remote fire weather station/2.8 mi away/1,257 ft/99 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

GraylingMC021

Beside a road/4.8 mi away/1,292 ft/134 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/15.2 mi away/1,461 ft/303 ft above here