Temperature
46 F at 12 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 46F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 94% around 3 AM.
Now. Schoolcraft County Airport is 46° and light rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, with some cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Schoolcraft County Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Upper Peninsula (MI), 27 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 0.95 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 2,501 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | 6 mph head, on 01 | 4 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 4 mph head, on 10 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Manistique (ISQ), Schoolcraft County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 12 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 2 AM Thursday to 100% at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.79 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.47 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 4 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.64 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Manistique: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Schoolcraft County 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
ManistiqueISQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/686 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ManistiqueMC039
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/627 ft/57 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RAWS - SeneySNYM4
A remote fire weather station/21.4 mi away/715 ft/31 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Manistique 2.3 EMI-SH-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/602 ft/82 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Manistique WWTPMTQM4
At a water treatment plant/4.1 mi away/587 ft/97 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Manistique WWTP (MTQM4), 4.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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.