Michigan City Harbor Entrance Light, Michigan CityNDBC-MCYI3
At a harbour/3.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Central Beach, Indiana
Beach in Porter County, Indiana* WHAT...Near the Lake Michigan shore northerly winds 20 to 30 mph with a few gusts to 45 mph are expected. * WHERE...Porter County along the Lake Michigan shore. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
51°
57°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Central Beach until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 2 PM, the chance peaking at 64% around 4 PM.
Now. Central Beach is 51° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
78%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
51feels51
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5746
98%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5638
64%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6337
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6739
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6942
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7144
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7146
overcast
51°
57°46°
56°38°
63°37°
67°39°
69°42°
71°44°
71°46°
As of 6:00 AM in Central Beach, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Central Beach
Index 31, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 22 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good13.6 mi
- Ozone17Good18 ppb13.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good11.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb18.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.3 ppb18.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Central Beach
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 12%
Visibility
How far you can see at Central Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Porter County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.7016° N
- Longitude
- 86.9572° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Central Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-94 E/B at MM 29.9 DMS SignIN061
Beside a road/3.7 mi away/657 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/7.0 mi away/647 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/636 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Michigan City 1.8 SWIN-LP-60
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/626 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/8.3 mi away/679 ft/- ft from 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 Indiana Dunes National Park (IDNI3), 8.3 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 Central Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Town of Pinestown, 1 mi
- Beverly Shorestown, 2 mi
- Michigan Citycity, 3 mi
- Pottawattamie Parktown, 5 mi
- Trail Creektown, 5 mi
- Long Beachtown, 6 mi
- Dune Acrestown, 8 mi
- Duneland Beachcommunity, 8 mi
- Michiana Shorestown, 8 mi
- Portertown, 8 mi
- Chestertontown, 9 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 11 mi
Beaches near Central Beach
- Mount Baldy Beachunder 1 mi
- Crescent Dune Beach2 mi
- Beverly Shores Beach2 mi
- Lake View Beach2 mi
- Dunbar Beach3 mi
- Kemil Beach3 mi
- Washington Park Beach3 mi
- Stop 2 Beach4 mi