FrankfortFKS
At an airfield/2.1 mi away/633 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Elberta Beach, Michigan
Beach in Benzie County, Michigan* WHAT...Highest gusts up to 45 kts from the north and highest waves around 11 feet expected. * WHERE...Portions of Lake Michigan. * WHEN...From 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Friday. * 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.
49°
59°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 48°·Light air 4 mph E
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Elberta Beach until 11 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (98%).
Now. Elberta Beach is 49° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 47°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
49feels48
98%
Today
Oct 15
5937
100%
Fri
Oct 16
5639
99%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5837
27%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6042
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6442
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6642
mostly clear day
49°
59°37°
56°39°
58°37°
60°42°
61°45°
64°42°
66°42°
As of 10:00 PM in Elberta Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Elberta Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 42 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good22.3 mi
- Ozone18Good17 ppb6.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elberta Beach
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 2.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Last 3 days
- 2.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at Elberta Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 247°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 50.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (119°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 14 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 60 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 50.3 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (30°) |
Beach
- County
- Benzie County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 44.6256° N
- Longitude
- 86.2431° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Elberta Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
BenzoniaMC014
Beside a road/7.6 mi away/679 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/15.4 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW6471GW6471
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.2 mi away/809 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FrankfortFRKM4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/827 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Frankfort 3.9 EMI-BZ-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Frankfort (FRKM4), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily
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Near Elberta Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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