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Depot Beach Park, Michigan

Beach in Charlevoix County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Depot Beach Park

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 31 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Depot Beach Park

0.69 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.69in
Last 3 days
0.69in

Visibility

How far you can see at Depot Beach Park, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun
Depot Beach Park from its sand, nowLooking ESE from the sand at 12:22 PM, daylight, light rain, waves about 4.5 ft every 5 s.110120130SE140Facing ESE 123°Sun 38° rightWind 17 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking ESE from the sand at 12:22 PM, daylight, light rain, waves about 4.5 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing ESE 123°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45002, 56.8 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
5.6 ft
Period
5 s
From
N (4°)
Swell
0.0 ft
Wind waves
5.6 ft at 5 s from N
Water
59 °F
Read
Fri 11:50 AM
Distance
56.8 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 5.9 ft; 5.6 ft at Fri 11:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AM5.6 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.9 ft; 5.6 ft at Fri 11:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftThuNoonFri5.6 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.9 ft; 5.6 ft at Fri 11:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 11:50 AM5.6 ft5 sN (4°)
Fri 10:50 AM5.2 ft5 sN (359°)
Fri 9:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNNE (16°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.0 ft5 sNE (34°)
Fri 7:50 AM3.0 ft5 sNNE (33°)
Fri 6:50 AM3.3 ft5 sNE (39°)
Fri 5:50 AM3.6 ft5 sNNE (26°)
Fri 4:50 AM4.3 ft5 sNNE (15°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.0 ft5 sNNE (16°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.0 ft4 sENE (76°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.6 ft4 sE (83°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.6 ft4 sESE (106°)
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°)

Beach

County
Charlevoix County
State
Michigan
Latitude
45.3180° N
Longitude
85.2432° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Depot Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

CharlevoixCVX

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/669 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

CharlevoixMC019

Beside a road/4.4 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station CW3642CW3642

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/753 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Grand Traverse LightGTLM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.7 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/38.5 mi away/1,461 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

CharlevoixCHRM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Charlevoix 4.3 SSEMI-CX-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/772 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Charlevoix (CHRM4), 1.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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