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Beaver Island Public Beach, Michigan

Beach in Charlevoix County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Beaver Island Public Beach

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Upper Peninsula (MI), 45 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Beaver Island Public Beach

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Beaver Island Public Beach, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat
Beaver Island Public Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 11:44 PM, night, overcast, waves about 1.6 ft every 4 s.150160170SFacing SSE 161°Wind 5 mphfrom ESE, onshoreSwell 1.6 ft from ELongshore current, to the right
Looking SSE from the sand at 11:44 PM, night, overcast, waves about 1.6 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 161°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45002, 46.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
4 s
From
E (101°)
Swell
0.0 ft at 6 s from SE
Wind waves
2.0 ft at 4 s from E
Water
60 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
46.3 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft4 sE (101°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft4 sESE (119°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft3 sSE (132°)
Thu 7:50 PM2.3 ft4 sESE (107°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft3 sESE (109°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (110°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (119°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.0 ft3 sSE (124°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft3 sSE (130°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.0 ft3 sSE (141°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.3 ft3 sSE (126°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.0 ft3 sSE (126°)
Thu 10:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 AM1.0 ft3 sENE (77°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.3 ft3 sENE (76°)
Thu 7:50 AM1.6 ft3 sE (90°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (32°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNE (50°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.0 ft4 sNNE (22°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.0 ft4 sNNE (23°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.3 ft4 sNNE (24°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (33°)
Wed 11:50 PM2.6 ft5 sNNE (29°)

Beach

County
Charlevoix County
State
Michigan
Latitude
45.5928° N
Longitude
85.5228° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Beaver Island Public Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW1109EW1109

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/579 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Beaver IslandSJX

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/669 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

CharlevoixMC019

Beside a road/23.1 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Grand Traverse LightGTLM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.4 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

St James 4SSW BeaverSJMM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/669 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Harbor Springs 10.0 NNWMI-EM-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.7 mi away/907 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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