Met Station On CDF At East Chicago413853087290401
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/515 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Whihala 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.
68°
68°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Whihala Beach until 1 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 68° today.
Now. Whihala Beach is 68° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph, gusting to 23 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 (58%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
36Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
68feels68
29%
Today
Oct 15
6855
97%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5747
58%
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
5842
24%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6341
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6643
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6946
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7148
overcast
68°
68°55°
57°47°
58°42°
63°41°
66°43°
69°46°
71°48°
As of 9:00 PM in Whihala Beach, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Whihala Beach
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 11 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good2 mi
- Ozone12Good11 ppb3.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)30Good11.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4 ppb11.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb3.5 mi
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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Whihala Beach
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.44in
- Last 3 days
- 0.69in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 64%
Visibility
How far you can see at Whihala Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 38°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6901° N
- Longitude
- 87.5019° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Whihala Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/6.9 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/8.0 mi away/604 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW1972GW1972
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.8 mi away/632 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Whiting 1.2 WNWIN-LK-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Crown Point 1NCRPI3
At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/699 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Whihala Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Whitingcity, 1 mi
- East Chicagocity, 4 mi
- Hammondcity, 6 mi
- Munstertown, 10 mi
- Highlandtown, 10 mi
- Garycity, 10 mi
- Griffithtown, 11 mi
- Rosscommunity, 13 mi
- Dyertown, 13 mi
- Scherervilletown, 14 mi
- New Chicagotown, 15 mi
- Lake Stationcity, 15 mi
Beaches near Whihala Beach
- Whihala Park West Beachunder 1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach1 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach5 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach5 mi
- Lake Street Beach12 mi
- Marquette Park Beach13 mi
- West Beach16 mi
- Ogden Dunes Beach17 mi