I-94 E/B at MM 25.8 Tower Struct IN US INDOTIN059
Beside a road/2.9 mi away/655 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ridge 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.
52°
57°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Ridge 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 3 PM, the chance peaking at 65% around 4 PM.
Now. Ridge Beach is 52° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
82%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
52feels52
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5746
92%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5739
59%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6337
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6739
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6942
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7145
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7247
overcast
52°
57°46°
57°39°
63°37°
67°39°
69°42°
71°45°
72°47°
As of 6:00 AM in Ridge Beach, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Ridge Beach
Index 31, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 15 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good6.4 mi
- Ozone17Good18 ppb10.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good4.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb11.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.3 ppb11.7 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 Ridge Beach
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.29in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 17%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ridge Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 338°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Porter County
- State
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 41.6554° N
- Longitude
- 87.0856° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Ridge Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/636 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Michigan City Harbor Entrance Light, Michigan CityNDBC-MCYI3
At a harbour/10.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/647 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Indiana Dunes National ParkIDNI3
In a park or preserve/1.6 mi away/679 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Chesterton 2.8 NWIN-PT-148
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/652 ft/- ft from 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), 1.6 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 Ridge Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dune Acrestown, under 1 mi
- Portertown, 3 mi
- Chestertontown, 4 mi
- Burns Harbortown, 4 mi
- Beverly Shorestown, 6 mi
- Ogden Dunestown, 6 mi
- Indiana Dunesfeature, 7 mi
- Town of Pinestown, 7 mi
- Portagecity, 8 mi
- South Havencommunity, 8 mi
- Salt Creek Commonscommunity, 10 mi
- Michigan Citycity, 10 mi
Beaches near Ridge Beach
- Dune Acres Beachunder 1 mi
- East Beachunder 1 mi
- Porter Beach1 mi
- Waverly Beach1 mi
- Bailly Beach1 mi
- Kemil Beach4 mi
- Dunbar Beach5 mi
- Lake View Beach5 mi