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Sterling, Michigan

Village in Arenac County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Sterling

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 34 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sterling

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sterling, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sterling, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Alger RAWSAGRM4

A remote fire weather station/8.4 mi away/771 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank280of 979

West BranchY31

At an airfield/16.7 mi away/859 ft/114 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank217of 979

West BranchMC023

Beside a road/18.0 mi away/977 ft/232 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Alger 2.4 ENEMI-AR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/782 ft/37 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank727of 979

StandishSTAM4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/587 ft/158 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank223of 979

Station report

The weather at West Branch, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.7 mi from Sterling, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over West Branch, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 2.5 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 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

51.8 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 87 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 300 ft.

Chart of the air at West Branch: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 87 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 300 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 47.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 northeast (50 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at West Branch, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 6 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 Y31FIG. C THE WIND AT WEST BRANCHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE 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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