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Bear Lake, Michigan

Community in Kalkaska County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Bear Lake

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 29 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bear Lake

0.56 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.56in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bear Lake, the next 45 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 2 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bear Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MI-02 Kalkaska EastMC080

Beside a road/1.7 mi away/1,253 ft/73 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Grayling AFGOV

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/1,158 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank639of 979

Grayling RAWSGYGM4

A remote fire weather station/11.7 mi away/1,257 ft/77 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank493of 979

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/16.6 mi away/1,461 ft/281 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank686of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Grayling 4.3 WMI-CF-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/1,141 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

KalaskaKLKM4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/1,033 ft/147 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank791of 979

Station report

The weather at Grayling AF, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Bear Lake, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Grayling AF, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GOVFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAYLING AFSECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEGrayling AF, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GOVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GOV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 49.3 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Grayling AF: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.3, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GOVFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAYLING AFTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 49.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEGrayling AF, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GOVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GOV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Grayling AF, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 6 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 GOVFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAYLING AFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrayling AF, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GOVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GOV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kalaska (KLKM4), 11.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bear Lake

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Near Bear Lake

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