I-94 E/B at MM 25.8 Tower Struct IN US INDOTIN059
Beside a road/2.9 mi away/655 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Dune Acres Beach, Indiana
Beach in Porter County, Indiana* WHAT...Near the Lake Michigan shore northerly winds 20 to 30 mph with a few gusts to 45 mph are expected. * WHERE...Porter County along the Lake Michigan shore. * WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
53°
57°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 17 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Dune Acres Beach until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dune Acres Beach is 53° and overcast at 5 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
83%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
53feels53
40%
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5746
92%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5738
22%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6437
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6739
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6941
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7044
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7246
overcast
53°
57°46°
57°38°
64°37°
67°39°
69°41°
70°44°
72°46°
As of 5:00 PM in Dune Acres Beach, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Dune Acres Beach
Index 32, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 15 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good23.2 mi
- Ozone19Good23 ppb24.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dune Acres Beach
0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Last 3 days
- 0.43in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 44%
Visibility
How far you can see at Dune Acres Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 338°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Porter County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6554° N
- Longitude
- 87.0856° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Dune Acres Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/636 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Michigan City Harbor Entrance Light, Michigan CityNDBC-MCYI3
At a harbour/10.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/647 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/1.6 mi away/679 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Chesterton 2.8 NWIN-PT-148
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/652 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Indiana Dunes National Park (IDNI3), 1.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AndersoncityBloomingtoncityColumbuscityElkhartcityEvansvillecityFort WaynecityGarycityHoosier National ForestfeatureIndiana DunesfeatureIndianapoliscityKokomocityLafayettecityLaPortecityMichigan CitycityMunciecityPaoli Peaksski areaPerfect North Slopesski areaRichmondcitySouth BendcityTerre HautecityValparaisocityVincennescityWabash Riverfeature
Near Dune Acres Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dune Acrestown, under 1 mi
- Portertown, 3 mi
- Chestertontown, 4 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 4 mi
- Beverly Shorestown, 6 mi
- Ogden Dunestown, 6 mi
- Indiana Dunesfeature, 7 mi
- Town of Pinestown, 7 mi
- Portagecity, 8 mi
- South Havencommunity, 8 mi
- Salt Creek Commonscommunity, 10 mi
- Michigan Citycity, 10 mi
Beaches near Dune Acres Beach
- Ridge Beachunder 1 mi
- East Beachunder 1 mi
- Porter Beach1 mi
- Waverly Beach1 mi
- Bailly Beach1 mi
- Kemil Beach4 mi
- Dunbar Beach5 mi
- Lake View Beach5 mi