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Beside a road/5.2 mi away/598 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Portage Lakefront, 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.
58°
57°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Gentle breeze 11 mph W
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Portage Lakefront 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 3 PM (60%).
Now. Portage Lakefront is 58° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west at 11 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is possible tomorrow (48%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
96%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
58feels58
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5746
78%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5840
48%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6741
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6944
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7146
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7248
overcast
58°
57°46°
58°40°
63°38°
67°41°
69°44°
71°46°
72°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Portage Lakefront, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Portage Lakefront
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 10 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone9Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Portage Lakefront
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.41in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 12%
Visibility
How far you can see at Portage Lakefront, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 0°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Porter County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6304° N
- Longitude
- 87.1835° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Portage Lakefront, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/636 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hobart Precip Station413218087151701
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/11.9 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Portage 2.4 NNWIN-PT-157
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/617 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/4.9 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), 4.9 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 Portage Lakefront
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ogden Dunestown, 1 mi
- Indiana Dunesfeature, 2 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 3 mi
- Portagecity, 4 mi
- Dune Acrestown, 5 mi
- Portertown, 6 mi
- Lake Stationcity, 6 mi
- South Havencommunity, 6 mi
- Chestertontown, 7 mi
- New Chicagotown, 7 mi
- Garycity, 8 mi
- Hobartcity, 8 mi
Beaches near Portage Lakefront
- Ogden Dunes Beachunder 1 mi
- West Beach1 mi
- Bailly Beach4 mi
- Marquette Park Beach4 mi
- Lake Street Beach5 mi
- Dune Acres Beach5 mi
- Ridge Beach5 mi
- East Beach5 mi