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East Tawas, Michigan

City in Iosco County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at East Tawas

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 46 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Tawas

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Tawas, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Tawas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CurranMC054

Beside a road/34.3 mi away/902 ft/312 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

East TawasETWM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/581 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank708of 979

Station report

The weather at Oscoda/Wurtsmith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from East Tawas, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Oscoda/Wurtsmith, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSCFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSCODA/WURTSMITHSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOscoda/Wurtsmith, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OSCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 46.4 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 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Oscoda/Wurtsmith: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 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 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSCFIG. B THE AIR AT OSCODA/WURTSMITHTHE 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 46.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.2 F, 46.4 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 POINTTITLEOscoda/Wurtsmith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oscoda/Wurtsmith, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 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 OSCFIG. C THE WIND AT OSCODA/WURTSMITHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOscoda/Wurtsmith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at East Tawas (ETWM4), 0.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

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Near East Tawas

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