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Prescott, Michigan

Village in Ogemaw County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Prescott

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 42 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Prescott

0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.48in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prescott, the next 41 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Prescott, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Alger RAWSAGRM4

A remote fire weather station/10.4 mi away/771 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank280of 979

West BranchY31

At an airfield/12.8 mi away/859 ft/63 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank217of 979

West BranchMC023

Beside a road/15.1 mi away/977 ft/181 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Prescott 4.7 WNWMI-OG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/825 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hale 5 SSWHLMM4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/840 ft/44 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank93of 979

Station report

The weather at West Branch, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from Prescott, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 500 ft, overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over West Branch, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y31FIG. A THE SKY OVER WEST BRANCHSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEWest Branch, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y31TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y31-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at West Branch: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y31FIG. B THE AIR AT WEST BRANCHTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 500 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEWest Branch, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y31TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y31-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at West Branch, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y31FIG. C THE WIND AT WEST BRANCHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWest Branch, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y31TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y31-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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