Temperature
51 F at 2 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 51F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cherry Capital Airport, Michigan
Medium airport in Grand Traverse County, Michigan50°
53°/41°
Light rain·
Feels like 50°·Light breeze 7 mph NNW
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 59% around 9 AM.
Now. Cherry Capital Airport is 50° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
96%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
50feels50
50%
Today
Oct 16
5341
97%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5534
16%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6339
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6543
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6740
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6846
18%
50°
53°41°
55°34°
63°39°
65°43°
67°40°
69°41°
68°46°
As of 3:00 AM in Cherry Capital Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Cherry Capital Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 13 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cherry Capital Airport
0.60 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.60in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cherry Capital Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TVC
- ICAO
- KTVC
- IATA
- TVC
- Field elevation
- 624 ft
- Serves
- Traverse City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- TVC
- Wind now
- From 330° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 7,016 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 94° / 274° | 4 mph head, on 28 | 6 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,378 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 6 mph head, on 36 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Traverse Cit (TVC), Cherry Capital Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 12 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the north northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.68 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.58 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.68inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.58inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 PM Thursday
- 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 400 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.62 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.62in
- Wettest hour
- 0.14in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Traverse Cit: 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 Cherry Capital 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
Traverse CitTVC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/623 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MDOT siteMC112
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/591 ft/33 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/23.4 mi away/942 ft/318 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Traverse City 0.2 SMI-GT-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/604 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Traverse City 5ESETCEM4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/817 ft/193 ft above 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 Traverse City 5ESE (TCEM4), 3.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cherry Capital Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Traverse Citycity, 2 mi
- Greilickvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Chums Cornercommunity, 5 mi
- Grawncommunity, 8 mi
- Kingsleyvillage, 11 mi
- Interlochencommunity, 11 mi
- Hardwood Acrescommunity, 12 mi
- Cedarcommunity, 13 mi
- Lake Annvillage, 13 mi
- Elk Rapidsvillage, 14 mi
- Maple Grovecommunity, 14 mi
- Bendoncommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Cherry Capital Airport
- Antrim County AirportACB, 25 mi
- Frankfort Dow Memorial FieldFKS, 31 mi
- Wexford County AirportCAD, 33 mi
- Charlevoix Municipal AirportCVX, 42 mi
- Grayling Army Air FieldGOV, 42 mi
- Boyne Mountain AirportBFA, 44 mi
- Manistee County Blacker AirportMBL, 46 mi
- Gaylord Regional AirportGLR, 47 mi