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West Branch, Michigan

City in Ogemaw County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at West Branch

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 34 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Branch

0.83 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.83in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Branch, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Branch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

West BranchMC023

Beside a road/2.2 mi away/977 ft/19 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

West BranchY31

At an airfield/3.6 mi away/859 ft/99 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank217of 979

Alger RAWSAGRM4

A remote fire weather station/11.6 mi away/771 ft/187 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank280of 979

measured daily2 instruments

West BranchWBRM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/889 ft/69 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank100of 979

Station report

The weather at West Branch, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from West Branch, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 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

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 300 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 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 49.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 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 north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at West Branch, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north 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 330°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

Measured at West Branch (WBRM4), 2.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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