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Lake Michigan Beach Park, Michigan

Beach in Leelanau County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Lake Michigan Beach Park

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 29 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone20Good22 ppb13.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Michigan Beach Park

0.84 in in the last 24 hours, 0.87 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.84in
Last 3 days
0.87in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat
Lake Michigan Beach Park from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 6:57 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.6 ft every 5 s.280290300310NWFacing WNW 299°Wind 8 mphfrom N, onshore
Looking WNW from the sand at 6:57 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 299°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45002, 40.5 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
-
From
NE (34°)
Swell
0.0 ft at 10 s from NE
Wind waves
3.3 ft at 5 s from NE
Water
60 °F
Read
Fri 6:10 AM
Distance
40.5 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 4.3 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 6:10 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri3.3 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 6:10 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 6:10 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 6:10 AM3.3 ft-NE (34°)
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°)
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°)

Beach

County
Leelanau County
State
Michigan
Latitude
44.8116° N
Longitude
86.0661° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Michigan Beach Park, 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

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/1.0 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Maple CityMC045

Beside a road/8.3 mi away/922 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station GW6471GW6471

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/809 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

FrankfortFKS

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/633 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Maple City 1EMAPM4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/843 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Lake Ann 0.6 ENEMI-BZ-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/886 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Maple City 1E (MAPM4), 11.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

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