Storm Station
St. Helen, Michigan
43°
Clear· Feels like 43°·Calm 0 mph S
Patchy fog before 7am. Sunny, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
93%Humidity
1%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest St. Helen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Roscommon RAWSRSCM4

A remote fire weather station/11.1 mi away/1,148 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank81of 407

Houghton LakeHTL

At an airfield/12.6 mi away/1,152 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank407of 407

measured daily2 instruments

West Branch 3.9 NNEMI-OG-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/1,123 ft/82 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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West BranchWBRM4

At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/889 ft/316 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Houghton Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.6 mi from St. Helen. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 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 Houghton Lake, 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 HTLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOUGHTON LAKESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHoughton Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HTL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Houghton Lake: temperature 39.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTLFIG. B THE AIR AT HOUGHTON LAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.0 F, 39.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHoughton Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HTL-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 Houghton Lake, 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 HTLFIG. C THE WIND AT HOUGHTON LAKEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHoughton Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HTL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Houghton Lake, 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), 13.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

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