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At an airfield/3.2 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
West End Beach, Michigan
Beach in Grand Traverse County, Michigan49°
60°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 48°·Light breeze 4 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (85%).
Now. West End Beach is 49° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 48°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
49feels48
85%
Today
Oct 15
6037
100%
Fri
Oct 16
5341
97%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5534
16%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6339
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6543
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6740
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
mostly clear day
49°
60°37°
53°41°
55°34°
63°39°
65°43°
67°40°
69°41°
As of 11:00 PM in West End Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at West End Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 12 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West End Beach
0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 51%
Visibility
How far you can see at West End Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 34°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 54.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- E (101°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 6 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from E
- Water
- 60 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:50 PM
- Distance
- 54.9 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 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°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Grand Traverse County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 44.7697° N
- Longitude
- 85.6348° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest West End Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW3308GW3308
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/900 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MDOT siteMC112
Beside a road/5.7 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/20.5 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Traverse City 1.4 WSWMI-GT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/678 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Traverse City 5ESETCEM4
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/817 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 Traverse City 5ESE (TCEM4), 6.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near West End Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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