Citizen station EW1109EW1109
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/579 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (96%).
Now. Beaver Island Public Beach is 47° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Beaver Island Public Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Upper Peninsula (MI), 45 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SSE 161°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 45002, 46.3 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (107°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (124°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (141°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (126°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (126°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | NE (50°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (22°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (24°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (33°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (29°) |
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
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
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Snow on the ground
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.