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Lake Leelanau, Michigan

Community in Leelanau County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Lake Leelanau

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 12 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Leelanau

0.81 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
0.81in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Leelanau, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Leelanau, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/623 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank21of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Traverse Cit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Lake Leelanau, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 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 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 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

49.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Traverse Cit: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 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 1,400 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 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 northwest (340 degrees) at 7 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 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 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 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 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

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