MDOT siteMC112
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/591 ft/level with here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 86% around 1 AM.
Now. Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park is 50° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 48°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MDOT siteMC112
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/591 ft/level with here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Traverse CitTVC
At an airfield/1.7 mi away/623 ft/32 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW3308GW3308
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/900 ft/309 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/25.0 mi away/942 ft/351 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Traverse City 4.1 EMI-GT-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/641 ft/50 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Traverse City 5ESETCEM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/817 ft/226 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Traverse City 5ESE (TCEM4), 1.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.