The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/1.0 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lake Michigan Beach Park, Michigan
Beach in Leelanau County, Michigan50°
54°/42°
Light rain·
Feels like 50°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM (76%).
Now. Lake Michigan Beach Park is 50° and light rain at 11 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
25Air quality
88%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
50feels50
76%
Today
Oct 16
5442
98%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5637
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6044
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6146
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6541
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6643
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6646
partly cloudy day
50°
54°42°
56°37°
60°44°
61°46°
65°41°
66°43°
66°46°
As of 11:00 AM in Lake Michigan Beach Park, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Lake Michigan Beach Park
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 29 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
- Ozone25Good24 ppb13.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Michigan Beach Park
0.98 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.98in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 98%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Michigan Beach Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 299°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 40.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan
- Wave height
- 5.2 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- N (359°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 9 s from NNW
- Wind waves
- 5.2 ft at 5 s from N
- Water
- 59 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:50 AM
- Distance
- 40.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 10:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (359°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (33°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (76°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | E (83°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (106°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Leelanau County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 44.8116° N
- Longitude
- 86.0661° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Michigan Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Maple CityMC045
Beside a road/8.3 mi away/922 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW6471GW6471
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/809 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
FrankfortFKS
At an airfield/14.5 mi away/633 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Maple City 1EMAPM4
At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/843 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lake Ann 0.6 ENEMI-BZ-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/886 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 Maple City 1E (MAPM4), 11.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lake Michigan Beach Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Empirevillage, under 1 mi
- Glen Arborcommunity, 7 mi
- Honorvillage, 10 mi
- Crystal Downs Country Clubcommunity, 11 mi
- Maple Citycommunity, 11 mi
- Maple Grovecommunity, 12 mi
- Lake Annvillage, 13 mi
- Beulahvillage, 13 mi
- Hardwood Acrescommunity, 13 mi
- Benzoniavillage, 14 mi
- Cedarcommunity, 14 mi
- Pilgrimcommunity, 14 mi