At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/612 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 62% around 11 PM.
Now. Little Sand Bay Beach is 47° and light rain at 10 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 57 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Little Sand Bay Beach, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 68 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.57 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 45006, 57.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:10 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
The 6 instruments nearest Little Sand Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/612 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/1,142 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
La Pointe4R5
At an airfield/12.6 mi away/624 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/32.8 mi away/1,091 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bayfield 5.1 NNWWI-BY-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,138 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/614 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bayfield Fish Hatchery (BFHW3), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.