West Branch, MI 48661 Weather

Ogemaw County10:17 PM EDT44.28°N, 84.23°W

Current conditions

Clear
50°
Clear
Feels like 50°
High 66° Thursday·Low 40° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity82%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.23 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover24%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise8:00 AM
Sunset6:44 PM

Observed at Houghton Lake, Roscommon County Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear. Low around 40, with temperatures rising to around 42 overnight. Northwest wind around 0 mph.

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog between 10am and 11am. Mostly sunny. High near 66, with temperatures falling to around 64 in the afternoon. North wind around 5 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly cloudy. Low around 37, with temperatures rising to around 40 overnight. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 50°
  2. 11 PM Mostly Clear 48°
  3. Thu12 AM Clear 46°
  4. 1 AM Clear 45°
  5. 2 AM Clear 44°
  6. 3 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  7. 4 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  8. 5 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  9. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 42°
  10. 7 AM Sunny 42°
  11. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 41°
  12. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 44°
  13. 10 AM Patchy Fog 50°
  14. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 55°
  15. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 59°
  16. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 62°
  17. 2 PM Partly Sunny 64°
  18. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 64°
  19. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 65°
  20. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 64°
  21. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 62°
  22. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 57°
  23. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 51°
  24. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 48°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear40°
  2. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny37°66°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny38°63°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny43°65°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°69°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny37°61°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers15%35°56°
  8. WedOct 28 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers15%58°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.02 in36°50°
  10. FriOct 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny36°55°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

65
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • WedModerate
  • ThuModerate
  • FriModerate

Northcentral-Northeast Lower, MI reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 8:00 AM
Sunset 6:44 PM
Daylight 10 h 44 min (−2 min 54 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 82% lit
Moonrise 4:34 PM Moonset 2:50 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low55° / 34°
Record high79° (1920)
Record low18° (1952)
Wettest1.80 in (1916)
Yesterday68° / 34°
Month to date3.18 in (normal 2.15 in)

West Branch 3se, records since 1900. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in APX, issued 8 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Areas of fog tonight, locally dense.

- Seasonably mild and dry through the first half of the weekend.

Discussion

Issued at 131 PM EDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Weak sfc boundary shifts low level winds off to the northwest and /north tonight into Thursday, as sfc high pressure slides across Ontario. Another moist night with calming sfc winds and light northwest low level flow will result in more fog, especially across northwest lower and eastern upper Michigan downwind of the lakes. This is highlighted well in the SREF and HREF probs for visibility <2 SM. Fog may linger a little longer, slowly dissipating through the morning hours. A couple of degrees of cooling is anticipated on Thursday, due to the high pressure building to the north and the northeast sfc winds coming off Lake Huron.

High pressure departs to the east later in the week and first half of the weekend as heights build aloft. Temperatures will moderate back into the 60s most areas, mid-upper 60s for some, with precipitation free weather anticipated.

By Sunday, deep trough/upper low across Ontario and vicinity will beat down the ridging over northern Michigan to some extent, allowing for a trailing frontal boundary to push eastward and southward across northern MI with time. There will be the potential for some showers along this boundary, especially across the eastern UP. Probs are generally low to medium (10-60%) for 0.1" of rain during this time. Cooler, more seasonably so, air behind this frontal boundary will try to filter in early next week, especially Tuesday. The degree of the cooldown is a little in question, with some ensemble guidance suggesting near normal temperatures and others a few degrees below. There is the potential for a quick rebound to above normal temperatures, however, after that.

Rumblings of a significant cooldown later this month into early November making its rounds. Tough to say at this point, but what can be said is significant ridging will build across Alaska (-EPO) which generally correlates (but not always) to cooler air eventually spilling into the lower 48 and Great Lakes region. This to say, most ensemble guidance means suggest warmer than normal temperatures during this time frame, with a few individual outliers showing a more substantial cool down. Let's watch the trends.

Aviation

Issued at 131 PM EDT Wed Oct 21 2026

VFR conditions remain through the afternoon and evening hours with SKC-SCT250. Southwest winds today at about 5 to 15 knots for most. Another round of BR/FG tonight (potential for 1/4SM to 1SM VSBYs), with most terminals at play as the focus will shift to northwest lower into eastern upper Michigan. BR/FG may linger a little longer into the morning hours on Thursday for some, dissipating around the 14 to 15Z time frame.

Apx Watches

MI...None. MARINE...None.

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