Beside a road/0.5 mi away/689 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Cook County, Minnesota* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 2 to 5 ft expected. * WHERE...Grand Portage to Grand Marais MN, Grand Marais to Taconite Harbor MN, Taconite Harbor to Silver Bay Harbor MN, Silver Bay Harbor to Two Harbors MN and Two Harbors to Duluth MN. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 1 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous 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.
45°
51°/38°
Light rain·
Feels like 45°·Light air 2 mph NNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Big Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Big Beach is 45° and light rain at 9 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 46°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
45feels45
40%
Today
Oct 15
5138
91%
Fri
Oct 16
4635
17%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5333
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5940
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
5639
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5538
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
5842
15%
45°
51°38°
46°35°
53°33°
59°40°
56°39°
55°38°
58°42°
As of 9:00 PM in Big Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Big Beach
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 29 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 14
- 19TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Beach
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.74 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 0.74in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 42%
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 139°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 53.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 0.3 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- -
- Water
- 51 °F
- Read
- Thu 8:50 PM
- Distance
- 53.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (134°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (143°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (145°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (128°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 47.5378° N
- Longitude
- 90.9000° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Big Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Isabella RAWSISAM5
A remote fire weather station/23.0 mi away/1,985 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW7348FW7348
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.9 mi away/1,123 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Grand MaraisGNA
At an airfield/29.5 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Schroeder 1.1 WMN-CK-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/996 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wolf Ridge Environ Learning CenterWLFM5
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/1,640 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 Wolf Ridge Environ Learning Center (WLFM5), 16.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Big Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lutsen Mountainsski area, 12 mi
- Lutsencommunity, 13 mi
- Finlandcommunity, 19 mi
- Silver Baycity, 25 mi
- Beaver Baycity, 27 mi
- Grand Maraiscity, 30 mi
- Boundary Watersfeature, 38 mi
- Wintoncity, 50 mi
- Babbittcity, 50 mi
- Two Harborscity, 51 mi
- Elycity, 51 mi
- Hoyt Lakescity, 58 mi
Beaches near Big Beach
- Rocky Beach13 mi
- Black Beach23 mi
- Beaver River Beach27 mi
- Old Shore Beach31 mi
- Pebble Beach32 mi
- Agate Beach38 mi
- Paradise Beach43 mi
- Alden's Beach45 mi