At an airfield/8.4 mi away/668 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Big Shoal Beach, Michigan
Beach in Chippewa County, Michigan* WHAT...Highest gusts up to 40 kts from the north and highest waves around 10 feet expected. * WHERE...Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm of Mackinac Bridge including Mackinac Island, St Ignace to False Detour Channel, 5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including Bois Blanc Island, Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous highest 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.
42°
52°/35°
Overcast·
Feels like 37°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Big Shoal Beach until 4 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 6 AM (72%).
Now. Big Shoal Beach is 42° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 10 hours 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
42feels37
72%
Today
Oct 16
5235
19%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5430
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6040
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6043
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6040
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6042
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6144
22%
42°
52°35°
54°30°
60°40°
60°43°
60°40°
60°42°
61°44°
As of 6:00 AM in Big Shoal Beach, Michigan.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Shoal Beach
0.39 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.39in
- Last 3 days
- 0.39in
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Shoal Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 248°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Chippewa County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 45.9389° N
- Longitude
- 83.6019° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Big Shoal Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6842GW6842
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/610 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
De Tour VillageNDBC-DTLM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MI-01 DetourMC074
Beside a road/23.3 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Drummond Island 6.3 SSEMI-CP-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/603 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Detour VillageDTVM4
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/568 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 Detour Village (DTVM4), 16.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:16. measured daily
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Near Big Shoal Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- De Tour Villagevillage, 15 mi
- Rogers Citycity, 37 mi
- Presque Isle Harborcommunity, 43 mi
- Kincheloecommunity, 47 mi
- Cheboygancity, 47 mi
- Posenvillage, 47 mi
- Millersburgvillage, 47 mi
- Mackinac Islandcity, 50 mi
- Onawaycity, 50 mi
- Sault Ste. Mariecity, 53 mi
- Towercommunity, 53 mi
- St. Ignacecity, 54 mi
Beaches near Big Shoal Beach
- Glen Cove Beach6 mi
- Sandy Cove30 mi
- Huron Beach36 mi
- Hessel Beach40 mi
- North Bay Beach Park42 mi
- Doriva Beach45 mi
- Dukes Lake Beach46 mi
- Kiwanis Beach54 mi