Temperature
61 F at 2 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 2 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport is 59° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 5 AM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 2 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 18 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 2,952 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 10 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 8 mph head, on 28 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Saginaw/Browne (HYX), Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
61 F at 2 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 59 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 PM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.62 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.62 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Saginaw/Browne: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Saginaw County H.W. Browne 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/600 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
B-99 I-675 at Henry Marsh Bridge MI US MIDOTMC126
Beside a road/4.4 mi away/604 ft/3 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Saginaw Bay Light 1SBLM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.7 mi away/568 ft/33 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Saginaw 2.4 NNWMI-SG-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/600 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Site 3SAGM4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/617 ft/16 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Site 3 (SAGM4), 5.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.