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Alba, Michigan

Community in Antrim County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Alba

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 26 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alba

0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.67in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alba, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over Alba, MichiganReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Alba, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ElmiraMC050

Beside a road/7.8 mi away/1,266 ft/88 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

BellaireACB

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/623 ft/555 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank251of 979

Gaylord CRNGLRM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.9 mi away/1,450 ft/272 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank353of 979

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/13.2 mi away/1,461 ft/283 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank686of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Mancelona 2.0 ENEMI-AT-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,210 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Gaylord CRNGLRM4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/1,450 ft/272 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bellaire, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Alba, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bellaire, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACBFIG. A THE SKY OVER BELLAIRESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBellaire, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.3 F with a dew point of 47.5 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Bellaire: temperature 49.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.5, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACBFIG. B THE AIR AT BELLAIRETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.3 F, 47.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBellaire, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bellaire, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACBFIG. C THE WIND AT BELLAIREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBellaire, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bellaire, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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