Temperature
52 F at 12 AM; 56 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 56F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
West Branch Community Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Ogemaw County, Michigan51°
54°/42°
Light rain·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM (66%).
Now. West Branch Community Airport is 51° and light rain at 1 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
51feels51
66%
Today
Oct 16
5442
79%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5526
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6533
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6736
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6836
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6837
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6839
11%
51°
54°42°
55°26°
65°33°
67°36°
68°36°
68°37°
68°39°
As of 1:00 AM in West Branch Community Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at West Branch Community Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 37 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West Branch Community Airport
0.80 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.80in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 59%
Visibility
How far you can see at West Branch Community Airport, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- Y31
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- WBK
- Field elevation
- 882 ft
- Serves
- West Branch
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- Y31
- Wind now
- From 80° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 8 mph head, on 09 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from West Branch (Y31), West Branch Community Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 3 PM Thursday to 87% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.65 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.60 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.65inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.13inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.60inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 300 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.27 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.26 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.27in
- Wettest hour
- 0.26in
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
West Branch: 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 West Branch Community 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
West BranchY31
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/859 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
West BranchMC023
Beside a road/2.4 mi away/977 ft/95 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Alger RAWSAGRM4
A remote fire weather station/8.5 mi away/771 ft/111 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West BranchWBRM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/889 ft/7 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
West Branch 2.1 SSWMI-OG-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,103 ft/221 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at West Branch (WBRM4), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near West Branch Community Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Branchcity, 4 mi
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- St. Helencommunity, 14 mi
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- Sterlingvillage, 17 mi
- Whittemorecity, 19 mi
- Twiningvillage, 21 mi
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- Omercity, 21 mi
- Standishcity, 21 mi
Airports near West Branch Community Airport
- Gladwin Zettel Memorial AirportGDW, 24 mi
- Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial AirportHTL, 26 mi
- Jack Barstow AirportIKW, 40 mi
- Grayling Army Air FieldGOV, 40 mi
- Oscoda Wurtsmith AirportOSC, 41 mi
- MBS International AirportMBS, 49 mi
- Mount Pleasant Municipal AirportMOP, 51 mi
- Saginaw County H.W. Browne AirportHYX, 58 mi