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Little Sand Bay Beach, Wisconsin

Beach in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Air quality

The air at Little Sand Bay Beach

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 68 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • 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 Little Sand Bay Beach

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.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

How far you can see at Little Sand Bay Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat
Little Sand Bay Beach from its sand, nowLooking NNW from the sand at 10:47 PM, night, light rain, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.310NW320330340350Facing NNW 330°Wind 4 mphfrom NNW, onshore
Looking NNW from the sand at 10:47 PM, night, light rain, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing NNW 330°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45006, 57.9 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Thu 10:10 PM
Distance
57.9 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 10:10 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 10:10 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 10:10 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:10 PM0.7 ft--
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--

Beach

County
Bayfield County
State
Wisconsin
Latitude
46.9481° N
Longitude
90.8867° W

What is measuring near here

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

Sand Bay - Sand IslandSILW3

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/612 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station W9PPNW9PPN

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

Ino - USH 2 @ Haviar Rd.WI054

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

Bayfield Fish HatcheryBFHW3

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

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