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Hardwood Acres, Michigan

Community in Benzie County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Hardwood Acres

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 21 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone20Good22 ppb15.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hardwood Acres

0.80 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Hardwood Acres, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hardwood Acres, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-02 InterlochenMC079

Beside a road/4.5 mi away/928 ft/29 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/623 ft/276 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank21of 979

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/12.4 mi away/942 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank284of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Ann 0.6 ENEMI-BZ-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/886 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Maple City 1EMAPM4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/843 ft/56 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank557of 979

Station report

The weather at Traverse Cit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Hardwood Acres, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Traverse Cit, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETraverse 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

51.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Traverse Cit: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 (350 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Traverse Cit, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 10 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 TVCFIG. C THE WIND AT TRAVERSE CITPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE 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 Maple City 1E (MAPM4), 9.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

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