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Gaastra, Michigan

City in Iron County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Gaastra

Index 2, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 28 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gaastra

0.98 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.98in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gaastra, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gaastra, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Golden LakeMC011

Beside a road/15.0 mi away/1,666 ft/10 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Stambaugh 2SSESTMM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/1,470 ft/186 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank170of 979

Station report

The weather at Iron Mountain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.8 mi from Gaastra, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iron Mountain, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMTFIG. A THE SKY OVER IRON MOUNTAINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIron Mountain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IMTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Iron Mountain: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMTFIG. B THE AIR AT IRON MOUNTAINTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEIron Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IMTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iron Mountain, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMTFIG. C THE WIND AT IRON MOUNTAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIron Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IMTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Stambaugh 2SSE (STMM4), 1.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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