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At an airfield/4.5 mi away/624 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Barrier Beach, Wisconsin
Beach in Ashland County, Wisconsin* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 7 to 10 ft expected. * WHERE...Portions of Lake Superior. * 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.
46°
50°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 43°·Light breeze 6 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Barrier Beach until 1 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM (64%).
Now. Barrier Beach is 46° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is possible Thursday (35%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:47 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 53 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
95%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
46feels43
64%
Today
Oct 16
5037
66%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5636
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6141
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5742
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5841
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6545
11%
Thu
Oct 22
6349
35%
46°
50°37°
56°36°
61°41°
57°42°
58°41°
65°45°
63°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Barrier Beach, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Barrier Beach
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 69 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good14.3 mi
- Ozone17Good19 ppb14.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barrier Beach
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
Visibility
How far you can see at Barrier Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 140°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 54.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- NE (39°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 7 s from NE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from NE
- Water
- 51 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 54.7 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 12:20 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
Beach
- County
- Ashland County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Latitude
- 46.8193° N
- Longitude
- 90.6750° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Barrier Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW6222DW6222
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/602 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse Chequamegon Bay463741090521301
At a lighthouse/16.1 mi away/601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/32.6 mi away/1,091 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
La Pointe 9.5 NEWI-AS-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/646 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/614 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 Bayfield Fish Hatchery (BFHW3), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Barrier Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bayfieldcity, 7 mi
- Apostle Islandsfeature, 9 mi
- Bayfrontcommunity, 14 mi
- Washburncity, 14 mi
- Diapervillecommunity, 15 mi
- Odanahcommunity, 15 mi
- New Odanahcommunity, 15 mi
- Ashlandcity, 19 mi
- Franks Fieldcommunity, 19 mi
- Cornucopiacommunity, 20 mi
- Birch Hillcommunity, 21 mi
- Saxoncommunity, 26 mi
Beaches near Barrier Beach
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- Buffalo Bay Beach6 mi
- Joni's Beach6 mi
- Broad Street Beach7 mi
- Casper Road Beach7 mi
- Bayview Beach11 mi
- Friendly Valley Beach11 mi
- Little Sand Bay Beach13 mi