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Shorewood Forest, Indiana

Community in Porter County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Shorewood Forest

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 13 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate11.2 mi
  • Ozone18Good17 ppb6.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good10.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.7 ppb12.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb12.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shorewood Forest

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shorewood Forest, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Shorewood Forest, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shorewood Forest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ValparaisoVPZ

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/758 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Valparaiso 5.2 WSWIN-PT-86

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/770 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Crown Point 1NCRPI3

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/699 ft/44 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Valparaiso, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Shorewood Forest, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Valparaiso, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPZFIG. A THE SKY OVER VALPARAISOSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEValparaiso, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VPZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Valparaiso: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPZFIG. B THE AIR AT VALPARAISOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEValparaiso, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VPZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Valparaiso, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPZFIG. C THE WIND AT VALPARAISOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEValparaiso, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VPZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Valparaiso, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Indiana

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Shorewood Forest

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

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