Storm Station
Lake Leelanau, Michigan
49°
Clear· Feels like 49°·Calm 0 mph E
Patchy fog before 11am. Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 0 to 10 mph.
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-Air quality
89%Humidity
10%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Leelanau, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/623 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank90of 407

Grand Traverse LightGTLM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/568 ft/59 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank159of 407

measured daily2 instruments

Suttons Bay 1.7 NMI-LL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/828 ft/201 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NW Michigan Res FarmNWFM4

On a farm or research station/7.1 mi away/814 ft/187 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Traverse Cit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Lake Leelanau. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 20,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Traverse Cit, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 20,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER TRAVERSE CITSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 20,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETraverse Cit, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 20,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Traverse Cit: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 20,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. B THE AIR AT TRAVERSE CITTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 20,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLETraverse Cit, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Traverse Cit, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. C THE WIND AT TRAVERSE CITPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETraverse Cit, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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