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Paradise Beach, Minnesota

Beach in Cook County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Paradise Beach

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 26 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good20.8 mi
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paradise Beach

0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.44in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Paradise Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 10 PM.

FriSat
Paradise Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 10:36 PM, night, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.130SE140150160Facing SE 146°Wind 3 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking SE from the sand at 10:36 PM, night, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing SE 146°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45006, 35.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Thu 9:50 PM
Distance
35.3 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 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 PM1.0 ft4 sSE (135°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.3 ft4 sSE (136°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.6 ft4 sSE (132°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.3 ft4 sESE (105°)
Thu 9:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (134°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft4 sSE (143°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSE (145°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (128°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 3:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (147°)
Thu 2:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (133°)
Thu 1:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 12:50 AM0.3 ft--
Wed 11:50 PM0.3 ft--
Wed 10:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Cook County
State
Minnesota
Latitude
47.8096° N
Longitude
90.0748° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paradise Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW4172GW4172

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/954 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Grand MaraisNDBC-GDMM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Grand MaraisGNA

At an airfield/13.3 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hovland 2.1 WNWMN-CK-72

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,031 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Grand MariasGMRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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