Ess 1 MM-22 At North Eagle HwyMC113
Beside a road/4.0 mi away/640 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Van's Beach, Michigan
Beach in Leelanau County, Michigan* WHAT...Highest gusts up to 40 kts from the north and highest waves around 11 feet expected. * WHERE...Portions of Lake Michigan. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 11 PM EDT this evening. * 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.
47°
55°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Van's Beach until 11 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 58% around 10 AM.
Now. Van's Beach is 47° and overcast at 8 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
92%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
47feels42
46%
Today
Oct 16
5541
87%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5736
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6143
19mph
Mon
Oct 19
6345
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6643
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6744
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6748
16%
47°
55°41°
57°36°
61°43°
63°45°
66°43°
67°44°
67°48°
As of 8:00 AM in Van's Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Van's Beach
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 15 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Van's Beach
0.65 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.65in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
Visibility
How far you can see at Van's Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 296°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 38.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NNE (33°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 9 s from NNW
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 5 s from NNE
- Water
- 60 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:50 AM
- Distance
- 38.6 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 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°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Leelanau County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 45.0224° N
- Longitude
- 85.7634° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Van's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Grand Traverse LightGTLM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.6 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW3308GW3308
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.7 mi away/900 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Traverse CitTVC
At an airfield/21.3 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Suttons Bay 1.7 NMI-LL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/828 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorthportNPTM4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/738 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 Northport (NPTM4), 9.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near Van's Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lelandcommunity, under 1 mi
- Lake Leelanaucommunity, 4 mi
- Suttons Bayvillage, 6 mi
- Omenacommunity, 9 mi
- Northportvillage, 10 mi
- Grand Traverse Bayfeature, 11 mi
- Cedarcommunity, 12 mi
- Maple Citycommunity, 12 mi
- Glen Arborcommunity, 14 mi
- Greilickvillecommunity, 17 mi
- Elk Rapidsvillage, 19 mi
- Traverse Citycity, 19 mi
Beaches near Van's Beach
- Hall Beachunder 1 mi
- South Beachunder 1 mi
- Schneider Beach3 mi
- Omena Beach9 mi
- Solon Township Beach Park11 mi
- Christmas Cove Beach12 mi
- Haserot Beach14 mi
- Quaker Valley North Beach16 mi