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Bear Lake, Michigan

Village in Manistee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Bear Lake

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 46 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-9.1 mi
  • Ozone16Good18 ppb9.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bear Lake

0.72 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.72in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bear Lake, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bear Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ManisteeMBL

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/620 ft/187 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank339of 979

BenzoniaMC014

Beside a road/11.8 mi away/679 ft/128 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Onekama 1.8 NNWMI-MN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/808 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Beulah 7SSWBEUM4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/827 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank95of 979

Station report

The weather at Manistee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Bear Lake, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:36 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 600 ft, broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Manistee, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANISTEESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEManistee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-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 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Manistee: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. B THE AIR AT MANISTEETHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEManistee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Manistee, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 5 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 MBLFIG. C THE WIND AT MANISTEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManistee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Beulah 7SSW (BEUM4), 7.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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Near Bear Lake

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