I-94 W/B at MM 14.2 DMS SignIN064
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/598 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Portage Lakefront, Indiana
Beach in Porter County, Indiana* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. Highest near the Lake Michigan shore. * WHERE...Northern Porter County, particularly near the Lake Michigan shore. * WHEN...From 1 PM to 10 PM CDT Friday. * 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.
67°
69°/54°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Gentle breeze 9 mph WSW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Portage Lakefront until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 69° today.
Now. Portage Lakefront is 67° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 9 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). Rain is possible Saturday (48%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
94%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
67feels67
22%
Today
Oct 15
6954
96%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
5746
78%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5840
48%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6741
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6944
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7146
overcast
67°
69°54°
57°46°
58°40°
63°38°
67°41°
69°44°
71°46°
As of 10:00 PM in Portage Lakefront, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Portage Lakefront
Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 10 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Portage Lakefront
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.41in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 12%
Visibility
How far you can see at Portage Lakefront, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Thu 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 0°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Porter County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6304° N
- Longitude
- 87.1835° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Portage Lakefront, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/636 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hobart Precip Station413218087151701
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/11.9 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Portage 2.4 NNWIN-PT-157
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/617 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/4.9 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), 4.9 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 Portage Lakefront
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ogden Dunestown, 1 mi
- Indiana Dunesfeature, 2 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 3 mi
- Portagecity, 4 mi
- Dune Acrestown, 5 mi
- Portertown, 6 mi
- Lake Stationcity, 6 mi
- South Havencommunity, 6 mi
- Chestertontown, 7 mi
- New Chicagotown, 7 mi
- Garycity, 8 mi
- Hobartcity, 8 mi
Beaches near Portage Lakefront
- Ogden Dunes Beachunder 1 mi
- West Beach1 mi
- Bailly Beach4 mi
- Marquette Park Beach4 mi
- Lake Street Beach5 mi
- Dune Acres Beach5 mi
- Ridge Beach5 mi
- East Beach5 mi