Met Station On CDF At East Chicago413853087290401
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/515 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Whihala Park West Beach, Indiana
Beach in Lake County, IndianaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds to 30 kt and significant waves to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft. For the Gale Warning, north winds 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 this afternoon. For the Gale Warning, from 1 PM this afternoon 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.
50°
57°/47°
Overcast·
Feels like 50°·Gentle breeze 13 mph WNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Whihala Park West 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. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (53%).
Now. Whihala Park West Beach is 50° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. 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 9:58 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
87%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
50feels50
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5747
72%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5842
20%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6340
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6742
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6945
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7048
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7250
overcast
50°
57°47°
58°42°
63°40°
67°42°
69°45°
70°48°
72°50°
As of 8:00 AM in Whihala Park West Beach, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Whihala Park West Beach
Index 41, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 11 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good2 mi
- Ozone19Good19 ppb3.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)41Good11.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide13Good14.1 ppb11.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb3.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Whihala Park West Beach
0.45 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.45in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 64%
Visibility
How far you can see at Whihala Park West Beach, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 45°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6909° N
- Longitude
- 87.5032° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Whihala Park West 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/7.0 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/604 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW1972GW1972
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.9 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 Park West 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, 11 mi
- Griffithtown, 11 mi
- Rosscommunity, 13 mi
- Dyertown, 13 mi
- Scherervilletown, 15 mi
- New Chicagotown, 15 mi
- Lake Stationcity, 15 mi
Beaches near Whihala Park West Beach
- Whihala Beachunder 1 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach1 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach5 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach5 mi
- Lake Street Beach13 mi
- Marquette Park Beach13 mi
- West Beach16 mi
- Ogden Dunes Beach17 mi