Airports/Michigan/Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport

Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Roscommon County, Michigan

49° 57°/34°

Light rain· Feels like 46°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE

Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (83%).

Now. Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport is 49° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 27°.

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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

21Air quality

97%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

49feels46

83%

Today

Oct 15

5734

100%

Fri

Oct 16

5141

87%

18mph

Sat

Oct 17

5327

10%

13mph

Sun

Oct 18

6334

15mph

Mon

Oct 19

6538

Tue

Oct 20

6736

Wed

Oct 21

6637

49°

57°34°

51°41°

53°27°

63°34°

65°38°

67°36°

66°37°

As of 11:00 PM in Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport, Michigan.

Air quality

The air at Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 32 miles off.

21Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good11.5 mi
Ozone21Good20 ppb11.5 mi
Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb11.5 mi

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 Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport

0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.59in
Last 3 days: 1.55in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 38%

Visibility

How far you can see at Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

Airfield

Code: HTL
ICAO: KHTL
IATA: HTL
Field elevation: 1,150 ft
Serves: Houghton Lake
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: HTL
Wind now: From 60° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:17

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
09 / 27	4,000 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	89° / 269°	6 mph head, on 09	3 mph from the left
18 / 36 unlit	2,200 ft	100 ft	Grass	180° / 0°	4 mph head, on 36	6 mph from the right

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 Houghton Lake (HTL), Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

49 F at 11 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 38 F at its coolest, 1 AM.

Now: 49F; 11 PM
Highest: 53F; 12 PM
Lowest: 38F; 1 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 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 12 PM to 100% at 1 AM.

Dew point now: 48F; 11 PM
Humidity now: 96%
Humidity, range: 71 to 100%

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

Wind

8 mph from the east northeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.

Now: 8mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 9mph; 2 PM
Highest gust: -; none reported

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

Pressure

29.74 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.74inHg; 11 PM
3 hours: -0.09inHg; falling
24 hours: -0.51inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 5 PM; 3 miles now.

Now: 3mi
Lowest: 1mi; 5 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 11 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 300ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 300ft; 11 PM
Hours with a base reported: 23

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

Precipitation

0.78 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.17 in, in the hour to 5 PM.

Last 24 hours: 0.78in
Wettest hour: 0.17in; 5 PM
Hours with some: 8

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

Houghton Lake: 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 Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial 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 now4 instruments

Houghton LakeHTL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,152 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Houghton LakeMC022

Beside a road/6.9 mi away/1,158 ft/8 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Roscommon RAWSRSCM4

A remote fire weather station/9.0 mi away/1,148 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/37.4 mi away/1,461 ft/311 ft above here