Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (100%).
Now. Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport is 48° and light rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, 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 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 57 miles off.
Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 0.62 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,401 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 7 mph head, on 05 | 3 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 6,513 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 3 mph head, on 14 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Pellston (PLN), Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
49 F at 11 PM Thursday; 53 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 41 F at its coolest, 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the east northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.75 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.44 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pellston: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet 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
PellstonPLN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/712 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-02 LeveringMC076
Beside a road/9.0 mi away/778 ft/57 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Indian River RAWSINDM4
A remote fire weather station/15.9 mi away/686 ft/35 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pellston 7.9 WNWMI-EM-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/741 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cross Village 1 ECRSM4
At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/719 ft/2 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.