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Beside a road/2.8 mi away/655 ft/79 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Indiana Dunes State Park, Indiana
State Park in Porter County, IndianaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds to 30 kt with a few gale force gusts to 35 kt expected. For the Gale Warning, northerly gales to 40 kt and significant waves to 16 ft occasionally to 21 ft expected. * WHERE...Calumet Harbor IL to Michigan City IN. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 1 PM CDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 1 PM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * 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.
68°
69°/54°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 6 mph WSW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Indiana Dunes State Park until 1 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 59% around 4 PM.
Now. Indiana Dunes State Park is 68° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%) and Saturday (60%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 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 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
91%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
68feels68
22%
Today
Oct 15
6954
95%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
5847
87%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5839
60%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6741
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7044
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7145
overcast
68°
69°54°
58°47°
58°39°
63°38°
67°41°
70°44°
71°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Indiana Dunes State Park, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Indiana Dunes State Park
Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 16 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Indiana Dunes State Park
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 15%
Visibility
How far you can see at Indiana Dunes State Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 3.44 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 576 ft
- County
- Porter County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6621° N
- Longitude
- 87.0674° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Indiana Dunes State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/636 ft/60 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Michigan City Harbor Entrance Light, Michigan CityNDBC-MCYI3
At a harbour/9.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/13.0 mi away/647 ft/71 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/2.3 mi away/679 ft/103 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Chesterton 2.8 NWIN-PT-148
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/652 ft/76 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Indiana Dunes National Park (IDNI3), 2.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AndersoncityBloomingtoncityColumbuscityElkhartcityEvansvillecityFort WaynecityGarycityHoosier National ForestfeatureIndiana DunesfeatureIndianapoliscityKokomocityLafayettecityLaPortecityMichigan CitycityMunciecityPaoli Peaksski areaPerfect North Slopesski areaRichmondcitySouth BendcityTerre HautecityValparaisocityVincennescityWabash Riverfeature
Near Indiana Dunes State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dune Acrestown, 1 mi
- Portertown, 3 mi
- Chestertontown, 4 mi
- Beverly Shorestown, 5 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 5 mi
- Town of Pinestown, 6 mi
- Ogden Dunestown, 7 mi
- Indiana Dunesfeature, 8 mi
- Portagecity, 9 mi
- South Havencommunity, 9 mi
- Michigan Citycity, 9 mi
- Salt Creek Commonscommunity, 11 mi