MDOT siteMC112
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Quaker Valley North Beach is 41° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:37 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 day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Quaker Valley North Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing WNW 285°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 45002, 53.9 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 2:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (12°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NNE (17°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (9°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | NNE (18°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 6.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (17°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 7.9 ft | 7 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 8.5 ft | 6 s | N (3°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 8.2 ft | 7 s | N (10°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | N (7°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (19°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 5.6 ft | - | N (4°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (359°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (33°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
The 6 instruments nearest Quaker Valley North Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MDOT siteMC112
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Traverse CitTVC
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW3308GW3308
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.7 mi away/900 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/24.5 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Old Mission 3SSWOMSM4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 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/6.1 mi away/594 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.