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Beside a road/6.9 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
The Woods at Willow Point Beach, Michigan
Beach in Grand Traverse County, Michigan49°
60°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 47°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (100%).
Now. The Woods at Willow Point Beach is 49° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
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
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
49feels47
100%
Today
Oct 15
6037
100%
Fri
Oct 16
5341
98%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5634
15%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6340
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6444
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6641
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6841
mostly clear day
49°
60°37°
53°41°
56°34°
63°40°
64°44°
66°41°
68°41°
As of 10:00 PM in The Woods at Willow Point Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at The Woods at Willow Point Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 4 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
- Ozone18Good-
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 The Woods at Willow Point Beach
0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.46in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 44%
Visibility
How far you can see at The Woods at Willow Point Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 131°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 55.7 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
- 55.7 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
- Grand Traverse County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 44.8550° N
- Longitude
- 85.5043° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest The Woods at Willow Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Traverse CitTVC
At an airfield/8.7 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW7286GW7286
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Grand Traverse LightGTLM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.7 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Gaylord 9 SSW54854
At a climate reference station/38.5 mi away/1,461 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Williamsburg 6 NWMOM4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/689 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Elk Rapids 0.6 NWMI-AT-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/590 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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