I-94 W/B at MM 14.2 DMS SignIN064
Beside a road/3.1 mi away/598 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lake Street Beach, Indiana
Beach in Lake County, IndianaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds to 30 kt with a few gale force gusts to 35 kt expected. For the Gale Warning, northerly gales to 40 kt and significant waves to 16 ft occasionally to 21 ft expected. * WHERE...Calumet Harbor IL to Michigan City IN. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 1 PM CDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 1 PM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
64°
55°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Gentle breeze 13 mph W
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Lake Street Beach until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Street Beach is 64° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 9 PM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
33Air quality
96%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
64feels64
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5553
22%
25mph
Today
Oct 16
5543
81%
30mph
Sat
Oct 17
5340
16%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6348
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6551
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6752
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6855
clear day
64°
55°53°
55°43°
53°40°
63°48°
65°51°
67°52°
68°55°
As of 12:00 AM in Lake Street Beach, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Lake Street Beach
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 5 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good1.6 mi
- Ozone13Good4 ppb1.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good1.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.9 ppb1.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb1.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Street Beach
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Street Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 0°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6198° N
- Longitude
- 87.2791° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Street Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Pine Station Np Met Station Near Gary413709087231602
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/590 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.9 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW1972GW1972
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/632 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gary 4.8 ENEIN-LK-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/612 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/9.9 mi away/679 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Indiana Dunes National Park (IDNI3), 9.9 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 Lake Street Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Garycity, 3 mi
- Indiana Dunesfeature, 4 mi
- Lake Stationcity, 4 mi
- New Chicagotown, 4 mi
- Ogden Dunestown, 5 mi
- Portagecity, 6 mi
- Hobartcity, 6 mi
- Rosscommunity, 8 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 8 mi
- South Havencommunity, 9 mi
- East Chicagocity, 9 mi
- Wheelercommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near Lake Street Beach
- Marquette Park Beachunder 1 mi
- West Beach4 mi
- Ogden Dunes Beach5 mi
- Portage Lakefront5 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach8 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach8 mi
- Bailly Beach9 mi
- Dune Acres Beach10 mi