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Elberta, Michigan

Village in Benzie County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Elberta

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 41 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good21.6 mi
  • Ozone24Good23 ppb5.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elberta

0.89 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elberta, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elberta, 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 now4 instruments

FrankfortFKS

At an airfield/1.7 mi away/633 ft/109 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank346of 979

BenzoniaMC014

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/679 ft/63 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/15.4 mi away/942 ft/200 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank284of 979

measured daily2 instruments

FrankfortFRKM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/827 ft/85 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank30of 979

Frankfort 3.9 EMI-BZ-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/591 ft/151 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Frankfort, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.7 mi from Elberta, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Frankfort, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKFORTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEFrankfort, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-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 46.4 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Frankfort: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKFORTTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEFrankfort, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-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 6 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Frankfort, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKFORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFrankfort, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Frankfort (FRKM4), 2.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

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