HollandNDBC-HLNM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Macatawa Park Beach, Michigan
Beach in Ottawa County, MichiganGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 20 to 30 knots and waves 7 to 10 feet. For the Gale Warning, north winds 25 to 35 knots with gusts up to 45 knots and waves 7 to 12 feet expected. * WHERE...St Joseph to Manistee. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 11 AM EDT this morning. For the Gale Warning, from 11 AM this morning to 2 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
54°
57°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Macatawa Park Beach until 2 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Macatawa Park Beach is 54° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
90%Humidity
93%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
54feels54
23%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5748
86%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5535
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6341
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6741
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6842
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6846
mostly clear day
54°
57°48°
55°35°
60°41°
63°41°
67°41°
68°42°
68°46°
As of 8:00 AM in Macatawa Park Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Macatawa Park Beach
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 24 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good3.1 mi
- Ozone22Good25 ppb3.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good20 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb3.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Macatawa Park Beach
0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.46in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 88%
Visibility
How far you can see at Macatawa Park Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 256°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Ottawa County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 42.7724° N
- Longitude
- 86.2126° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Macatawa Park Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW1266FW1266
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/579 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MI-03 HollandMC097
Beside a road/5.0 mi away/692 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
HollandBIV
At an airfield/6.2 mi away/682 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Holland 5.3 WSWMI-AN-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/670 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HollandHOLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/604 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 Holland (HOLM4), 5.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near Macatawa Park Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Beechwoodcommunity, 5 mi
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Beaches near Macatawa Park Beach
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- Spyglass Beachunder 1 mi
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- Idlewood Beach2 mi
- Tunnel Park2 mi
- Tennessee Beach3 mi
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