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Lowell, Michigan

City in Kent County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Lowell

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 21 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good16.5 mi
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb16.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good16.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.3 ppb16.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb16.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm16.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lowell

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lowell, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lowell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I96Mm0522MC150

Beside a road/4.0 mi away/846 ft/205 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Grand RapidsGRR

At an airfield/9.5 mi away/787 ft/146 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank262of 979

measured daily2 instruments

WWTPLOLM4

At a water treatment plant/0.9 mi away/630 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank561of 979

Lowell 1.4 ESEMI-KN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/708 ft/67 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank194of 979

Station report

The weather at Grand Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Lowell, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:14 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 800 ft, overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grand Rapids, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRRFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND RAPIDSSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrand Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GRRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand Rapids: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 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 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRRFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND RAPIDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.0 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 POINTTITLEGrand Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GRRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand Rapids, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 9 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 GRRFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GRRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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