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Torch Bay Beach, Michigan

Beach in Antrim County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Torch Bay Beach

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 13 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Torch Bay Beach

0.63 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
0.63in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

How far you can see at Torch Bay Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat
Torch Bay Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 6:43 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.9 ft every 5 s.220SW230240250260Facing WSW 240°Wind 9 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking WSW from the sand at 6:43 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.9 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 240°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45002, 54.4 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
3.6 ft
Period
5 s
From
NNE (26°)
Swell
0.0 ft at 12 s from SW
Wind waves
3.6 ft at 5 s from NNE
Water
60 °F
Read
Fri 5:50 AM
Distance
54.4 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.

Wave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.6 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri3.6 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.6 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri3.6 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.6 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 AM3.6 ft5 sNNE (26°)
Fri 4:50 AM4.3 ft5 sNNE (15°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.0 ft5 sNNE (16°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.0 ft4 sENE (76°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.6 ft4 sE (83°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.6 ft4 sESE (106°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.6 ft4 sESE (110°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft4 sE (101°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft4 sESE (119°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft3 sSE (132°)
Thu 7:50 PM2.3 ft4 sESE (107°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft3 sESE (109°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (110°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (119°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.0 ft3 sSE (124°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft3 sSE (130°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.0 ft3 sSE (141°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.3 ft3 sSE (126°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.0 ft3 sSE (126°)
Thu 10:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 AM1.0 ft3 sENE (77°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.3 ft3 sENE (76°)
Thu 7:50 AM1.6 ft3 sE (90°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (32°)

Beach

County
Antrim County
State
Michigan
Latitude
45.0755° N
Longitude
85.3602° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Torch Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

EastportMC049

Beside a road/2.2 mi away/610 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

BellaireACB

At an airfield/9.9 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW3642CW3642

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/753 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Grand Traverse LightGTLM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/33.6 mi away/1,461 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Central Lake 4.2 SWMI-AT-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/614 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

East JordanEJNM4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/646 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at East Jordan (EJNM4), 12.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 17:00. measured daily

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