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Quaker Valley North Beach, Michigan

Beach in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Quaker Valley North Beach

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 5 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Quaker Valley North Beach

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.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Quaker Valley North Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun
Quaker Valley North Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 3:32 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 2.1 ft every 4 s.W280290300Facing WNW 285°Wind 11 mphfrom NNW, onshore
Looking WNW from the sand at 3:32 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 2.1 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, 53.9 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
4 s
From
NNE (12°)
Swell
0.3 ft at 7 s from NNE
Wind waves
2.6 ft at 4 s from NNE
Water
59 °F
Read
Sat 2:50 AM
Distance
53.9 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 8.5 ft; 2.6 ft at Sat 2:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat2.6 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 8.5 ft; 2.6 ft at Sat 2:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoonFriNoonSat2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 8.5 ft; 2.6 ft at Sat 2:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 2:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (12°)
Sat 1:50 AM3.3 ft5 sNNE (17°)
Sat 12:50 AM3.6 ft4 sN (9°)
Fri 11:50 PM4.3 ft6 sNNE (18°)
Fri 10:50 PM4.9 ft5 sNNE (15°)
Fri 9:50 PM5.6 ft6 sNNE (20°)
Fri 8:50 PM6.6 ft6 sNNE (23°)
Fri 7:50 PM6.9 ft6 sNNE (17°)
Fri 6:50 PM7.9 ft7 sNNE (15°)
Fri 5:50 PM8.5 ft6 sN (3°)
Fri 4:50 PM8.2 ft7 sN (10°)
Fri 3:50 PM7.2 ft6 sN (7°)
Fri 2:50 PM7.2 ft6 sNNE (16°)
Fri 1:50 PM6.2 ft6 sNNE (19°)
Fri 12:50 PM5.6 ft5 sNNE (15°)
Fri 11:50 AM5.6 ft-N (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°)

Beach

County
Grand Traverse County
State
Michigan
Latitude
44.8497° N
Longitude
85.5557° W

What is measuring near here

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

-

Snow on the ground

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