Temperature
69 F at 3 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport is 67° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 28 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 1° / 181° | 10 mph head, on 19 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Selfridge ANGB (MTC), Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 3 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 1 PM Thursday to 94% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the west southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 6 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.61 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.59 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Selfridge ANGB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/581 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
M-18MC137
Beside a road/4.1 mi away/594 ft/14 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
St Clair ShoresCLSM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/581 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Clemens 1.5 NEMI-MB-98
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/592 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AlgonacAGCM4
At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/600 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Algonac (AGCM4), 15.4 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.