Temperature
54 F at 3 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 54F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jack Barstow Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Midland County, Michigan55°
58°/46°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 4 mph SW
Now. Jack Barstow Airport is 55° and light drizzle at 3 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 4 AM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
94%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
55feels55
now, drizzle light
Today
Oct 16
5846
32%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5728
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6532
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6835
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6935
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6937
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7039
mostly clear day
55°
58°46°
57°28°
65°32°
68°35°
69°35°
69°37°
70°39°
As of 3:00 AM in Jack Barstow Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Jack Barstow Airport
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 32 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good19.5 mi
- Ozone21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jack Barstow Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
Visibility
How far you can see at Jack Barstow Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IKW
- ICAO
- KIKW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 635 ft
- Serves
- Midland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IKW
- Wind now
- From 220° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 3,801 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 60° / 240° | 3 mph head, on 24 | 1 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 3,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 2 mph head, on 18 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Midland (IKW), Jack Barstow Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 12 PM Thursday to 94% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the west southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.62 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.63 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.62inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.63inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 AM
- 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 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 7 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Midland: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Jack Barstow Airport, 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 now3 instruments
MidlandIKW
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/635 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
B-8 US-10 at M-47MC119
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/666 ft/31 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Alma [CCOOP]ALMM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.1 mi away/768 ft/133 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Midland 1.9 NNWMI-MD-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/642 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MidlandMDLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/630 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Midland (MDLM4), 3.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
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Near Jack Barstow Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Jack Barstow Airport
- MBS International AirportMBS, 13 mi
- Gladwin Zettel Memorial AirportGDW, 24 mi
- Mount Pleasant Municipal AirportMOP, 24 mi
- Saginaw County H.W. Browne AirportHYX, 25 mi
- Gratiot Community AirportAMN, 32 mi
- West Branch Community AirportY31, 40 mi
- Tuscola Area AirportCFS, 43 mi
- Owosso Community AirportRNP, 47 mi