At an airfield/4.3 mi away/1,152 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Higgins Lake State Park, Michigan
State Park in Roscommon County, Michigan* WHAT...Temperatures between 30 and 36 degrees will result in frost formation. * WHERE...A portion of Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Temperatures will continue to fall tonight, bottoming out between 12 and 5 AM tonight. Increasing clouds and southwesterly winds will result in temperatures quickly rising between 6 and 8 AM Tuesday. The coldest temperatures are expected across inland portions of northeast lower into north central lower Michigan, especially the Au Sable River Valley.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
31°
65°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 31°·Light air 1 mph
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for South Higgins Lake State Park until 8 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Higgins Lake State Park is 31° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 75°, and the coolest Thursday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Friday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:10 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:15 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 29 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
96%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
31feels31
now, clear
Today
Oct 6
6530
19%
13mph
Wed
Oct 7
6850
15%
13mph
Thu
Oct 8
6041
13mph
Fri
Oct 9
6332
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 10
6936
10%
Sun
Oct 11
7549
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 12
6747
25%
31°
65°30°
68°50°
60°41°
63°32°
69°36°
75°49°
67°47°
As of 3:00 AM in South Higgins Lake State Park, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at South Higgins Lake State Park
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 28 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate14.1 mi
- Ozone6Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.3 ppb14.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 9, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 5
- GoodTodayOct 6
- GoodWedOct 7
- GoodThuOct 8
- GoodFriOct 9
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Higgins Lake State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at South Higgins Lake State Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Wed 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Wed 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.12 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,159 ft
- County
- Roscommon County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 44.4213° N
- Longitude
- 84.6545° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest South Higgins Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Roscommon RAWSRSCM4
A remote fire weather station/5.1 mi away/1,148 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Houghton LakeMC022
Beside a road/9.6 mi away/1,158 ft/1 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Gaylord 9 SSW54854
At a climate reference station/33.2 mi away/1,461 ft/302 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Roscommon 5.3SWMI-OT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,157 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Houghton LakeHTLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/1,141 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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