Roben Hood Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Mecosta County, Michigan

51° 59°/37°

Light rain· Feels like 51°·Light breeze 4 mph ESE

Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (66%).

Now. Roben Hood Airport is 51° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

27Air quality

100%Humidity

76%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

51feels51

66%

Today

Oct 15

5937

100%

Fri

Oct 16

5344

69%

20mph

Sat

Oct 17

5429

12mph

Sun

Oct 18

6134

16mph

Mon

Oct 19

6437

Tue

Oct 20

6736

Wed

Oct 21

6737

51°

59°37°

53°44°

54°29°

61°34°

64°37°

67°36°

67°37°

As of 11:00 PM in Roben Hood Airport, Michigan.

Air quality

The air at Roben Hood Airport

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 25 miles off.

27Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
Ozone21Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

GoodModerate

28YesterdayOct 14
GoodTodayOct 15
GoodFriOct 16

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Roben Hood Airport

0.49 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.49in
Last 3 days: 0.73in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 67%

Visibility

How far you can see at Roben Hood Airport, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

Airfield

Code: RQB
ICAO: KRQB
IATA: WBR
Field elevation: 990 ft
Serves: Big Rapids
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: RQB
Wind now: From 50° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:35

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
09 / 27	4,300 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	90° / 270°	2 mph head, on 09	2 mph from the left
14 / 32	2,699 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	143° / 323°	0 mph head, on 14	3 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Big Rapids (RQB), Roben Hood Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

50 F at 11 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now: 50F; 11 PM
Highest: 55F; 12 PM
Lowest: 46F; 3 AM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 50 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 12 PM to 100% at 5 PM.

Dew point now: 50F; 11 PM
Humidity now: 100%
Humidity, range: 68 to 100%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

3 mph from the northeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.

Now: 3mph; from the northeast
Strongest: 11mph; 1 PM
Highest gust: -; none reported

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.69 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.53 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.69inHg; 11 PM
3 hours: -0.10inHg; falling
24 hours: -0.53inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 5 PM; 3 miles now.

Now: 3mi
Lowest: 2mi; 5 PM
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 300 ft at 8 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 500ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 300ft; 8 PM
Hours with a base reported: 24

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.63 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 10 PM.

Last 24 hours: 0.63in
Wettest hour: 0.14in; 10 PM
Hours with some: 7

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Big Rapids: 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 Roben Hood 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

Big RapidsRQB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/991 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

US131Mm1387MC143

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/1,047 ft/57 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Evart RAWSEVAM4

A remote fire weather station/17.9 mi away/999 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Water WorksBGRM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/922 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Big Rapids 3.1 SEMI-ME-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/942 ft/48 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Water Works (BGRM4), 1.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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Near Roben Hood Airport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

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Canadian Lakescommunity, 14 mi
Mecostavillage, 15 mi
Morleyvillage, 16 mi
Evartcity, 17 mi
White Cloudcity, 18 mi
Barrytonvillage, 18 mi
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Airports near Roben Hood Airport

Fremont Municipal AirportFFX, 32 mi
Wexford County AirportCAD, 38 mi
Mount Pleasant Municipal AirportMOP, 39 mi
Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport8D4, 42 mi
Mason County AirportLDM, 48 mi
Gratiot Community AirportAMN, 49 mi
Manistee County Blacker AirportMBL, 53 mi
Muskegon County AirportMKG, 53 mi

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Roben Hood Airport, Michigan

The air at Roben Hood Airport

The days ahead

Smoke, the next 46 hours

What has fallen at Roben Hood Airport

How far you can see at Roben Hood Airport, the next 46 hours

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Runways

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Temperature

Humidity and dew point

Wind

Pressure

Visibility

Cloud base

Precipitation

What is measuring near here

What the snow tracker reads here

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