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At an airfield/4.7 mi away/624 ft/21 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Big Bay State Park, Wisconsin
State Park 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.
47°
54°/39°
Light rain·
Feels like 45°·Light breeze 5 mph NNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Big Bay State Park until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (80%).
Now. Big Bay State Park is 47° and light rain at 10 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
97%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
47feels45
80%
Today
Oct 15
5439
98%
Fri
Oct 16
5137
67%
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%
47°
54°39°
51°37°
56°36°
61°41°
57°42°
58°41°
65°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Big Bay State Park, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Big Bay State Park
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 68 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Bay State Park
0.53 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.53in
- Last 3 days
- 0.57in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 93%
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Bay State Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 3.72 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 603 ft
- County
- Ashland County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Latitude
- 46.7997° N
- Longitude
- 90.6612° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Big Bay State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW6222DW6222
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/602 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse Chequamegon Bay463741090521301
At a lighthouse/15.5 mi away/601 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/32.3 mi away/1,091 ft/488 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
La Pointe 10.5 ENEWI-AS-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/620 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/614 ft/11 ft above 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), 9.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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