Grand PortageGPTM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/1,313 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Two Fish House Beach is 44° and clear at 4 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 9 PM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 56°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:38 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 PM in Two Fish House Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 40 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing SE 130°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 45006, 39.5 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NE (48°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NE (36°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 6 s | NE (35°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 6.9 ft | - | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (33°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 6.9 ft | - | NE (35°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 6.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 7.5 ft | 7 s | NNE (22°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 6.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (27°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NE (39°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
The 6 instruments nearest Two Fish House Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Grand PortageGPTM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/1,313 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Grand Portage MN-61 Mile Post 146MN048
Beside a road/6.0 mi away/990 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW4172GW4172
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.3 mi away/954 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/29.2 mi away/1,798 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hovland 8.5 ENEMN-CK-45
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/665 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/728 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.