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Fife Lake, Michigan

Village in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Fife Lake

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 24 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

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 Fife Lake

0.80 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.80in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fife Lake, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Fife Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fife LakeMC046

Beside a road/5.1 mi away/1,027 ft/14 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/16.2 mi away/623 ft/418 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank21of 979

Grayling RAWSGYGM4

A remote fire weather station/33.0 mi away/1,257 ft/216 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank493of 979

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/38.2 mi away/1,461 ft/420 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank686of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Fife LakeFLAM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,073 ft/32 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank101of 979

Station report

The weather at Traverse Cit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Fife Lake, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:24 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Traverse Cit, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLETraverse 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

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Traverse Cit: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.0 F, 46.0 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 POINTTITLETraverse Cit, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Traverse Cit, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north 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 TVCFIG. C THE WIND AT TRAVERSE CITPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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 Fife Lake (FLAM4), 0.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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