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Prudenville, Michigan

Community in Roscommon County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Prudenville

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 35 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone23Good24 ppb11.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.3 ppb11.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Prudenville

0.84 in in the last 24 hours, 0.87 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.84in
Last 3 days
0.87in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prudenville, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Prudenville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Houghton LakeHTL

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/1,152 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank18of 979

Houghton LakeMC022

Beside a road/7.7 mi away/1,158 ft/18 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Roscommon RAWSRSCM4

A remote fire weather station/12.6 mi away/1,148 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank592of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Houghton LakeHTLM4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/1,141 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Houghton Lake 5.0 ENEMI-RS-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/1,147 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Houghton Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Prudenville, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,200 ft, broken at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Houghton Lake, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOUGHTON LAKESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHoughton Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTL-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 38.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Houghton Lake: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTLFIG. B THE AIR AT HOUGHTON LAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,200 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEHoughton Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Houghton Lake, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTLFIG. C THE WIND AT HOUGHTON LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHoughton Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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