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Shields, Michigan

Community in Saginaw County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Shields

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 27 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shields

None in the last 24 hours; 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 3 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shields, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SaginawMBS

At an airfield/7.5 mi away/663 ft/59 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank216of 1,000

Alma [CCOOP]ALMM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.1 mi away/768 ft/164 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank230of 1,000

measured daily2 instruments

Site 3SAGM4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/617 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank87of 1,000

Station report

The weather at Saginaw, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Shields, Michigan. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Saginaw, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBSFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAGINAWSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESaginaw, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MBS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Saginaw: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBSFIG. B THE AIR AT SAGINAWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.7 FTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLESaginaw, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MBS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 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 Saginaw, north up: blowing from 330 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 MBSFIG. C THE WIND AT SAGINAWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaginaw, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MBS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Site 3 (SAGM4), 5.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Shields

River and lake gauges