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Bayside Woods Beach, Michigan

Beach in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Bayside Woods Beach

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 5 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bayside Woods Beach

0.52 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.52in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bayside Woods Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat
Bayside Woods Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 1:08 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.3 ft every 4 s.W280290300Facing WNW 285°Wind 3 mphfrom NE, offshore
Looking WNW from the sand at 1:08 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.3 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 285°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45002, 54.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
1.6 ft
Period
4 s
From
ESE (105°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 5 s from E
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 4 s from ESE
Water
60 °F
Read
Fri 12:20 AM
Distance
54.0 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.6 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon1.6 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:20 AM1.6 ft4 sESE (105°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.6 ft4 sESE (110°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft4 sE (101°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft4 sESE (119°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft3 sSE (132°)
Thu 7:50 PM2.3 ft4 sESE (107°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft3 sESE (109°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (110°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (119°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.0 ft3 sSE (124°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft3 sSE (130°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.0 ft3 sSE (141°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.3 ft3 sSE (126°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.0 ft3 sSE (126°)
Thu 10:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 AM1.0 ft3 sENE (77°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.3 ft3 sENE (76°)
Thu 7:50 AM1.6 ft3 sE (90°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (32°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNE (50°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.0 ft4 sNNE (22°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.0 ft4 sNNE (23°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.3 ft4 sNNE (24°)

Beach

County
Grand Traverse County
State
Michigan
Latitude
44.8461° N
Longitude
85.5577° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bayside Woods Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MDOT siteMC112

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW3308GW3308

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/900 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/24.4 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Old Mission 3SSWOMSM4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/653 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Traverse City 0.9 NNEMI-GT-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/594 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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