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Cedar, Michigan

Community in Leelanau County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Cedar

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 15 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone23Good22 ppb22.5 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cedar

1.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.10in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cedar, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cedar, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Maple CityMC045

Beside a road/5.7 mi away/922 ft/323 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/12.6 mi away/623 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank21of 979

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/12.9 mi away/942 ft/343 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank284of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Cedar 0.1 ESEMI-LL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/603 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Maple City 1EMAPM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/843 ft/244 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank557of 979

Station report

The weather at Traverse Cit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.6 mi from Cedar, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 4,400 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Traverse Cit, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER TRAVERSE CITSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETraverse Cit, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Traverse Cit: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. B THE AIR AT TRAVERSE CITTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLETraverse Cit, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Traverse Cit, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. C THE WIND AT TRAVERSE CITPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETraverse Cit, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Maple City 1E (MAPM4), 2.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

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