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Big Bay, Michigan

Community in Marquette County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Big Bay

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 42 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Bay

0.66 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.66in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Bay, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Big Bay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Big BayBIGM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/591 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank272of 979

NegauneeMC033

Beside a road/20.7 mi away/1,437 ft/806 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Big Bay 1NWBGBM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/794 ft/163 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Big Bay 9.0 SEMI-MQ-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/767 ft/136 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank586of 979

Station report

The weather at Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.7 mi from Big Bay, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 1,700 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GWINN/SAWYER AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGwinn/Sawyer AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SAWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 44.6 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 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Gwinn/Sawyer AFB: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 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 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAWFIG. B THE AIR AT GWINN/SAWYER AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 44.6 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 POINTTITLEGwinn/Sawyer AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SAWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAWFIG. C THE WIND AT GWINN/SAWYER AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGwinn/Sawyer AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SAWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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