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Free Soil, Michigan

Village in Mason County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Free Soil

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 26 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-13.7 mi
  • Ozone16Good17 ppb11.4 mi

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 Free Soil

0.72 in in the last 24 hours, 0.82 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.72in
Last 3 days
0.82in

Visibility

How far you can see at Free Soil, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Free Soil, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ManisteeMC048

Beside a road/8.9 mi away/659 ft/9 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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ManisteeMBL

At an airfield/11.5 mi away/620 ft/48 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank339of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Fountain 1.9 ESEMI-MS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/733 ft/65 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Manistee 3 SEMANM4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/669 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Manistee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Free Soil, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Manistee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANISTEESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEManistee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-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 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Manistee: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. B THE AIR AT MANISTEETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEManistee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-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 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Manistee, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 6 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 MBLFIG. C THE WIND AT MANISTEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManistee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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