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West End Beach, Michigan

Beach in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at West End Beach

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 12 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West End Beach

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.96in

Visibility

How far you can see at West End Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat
West End Beach from its sand, nowLooking NE from the sand at 12:19 AM, night, light rain, waves about 1.6 ft every 4 s.203040NE50Facing NE 34°Wind 3 mphfrom ENE, onshore
Looking NE from the sand at 12:19 AM, night, light rain, waves about 1.6 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing NE 34°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45002, 54.9 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
4 s
From
ESE (116°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 4 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 3 s from ESE
Water
60 °F
Read
Thu 11:20 PM
Distance
54.9 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 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 45002, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:20 PM2.0 ft4 sESE (116°)
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°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (32°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNE (50°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.6 ft4 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.0 ft4 sNNE (22°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.0 ft4 sNNE (23°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.3 ft4 sNNE (24°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (33°)

Beach

County
Grand Traverse County
State
Michigan
Latitude
44.7697° N
Longitude
85.6348° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West End Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/3.2 mi away/623 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW3308GW3308

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/900 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

MDOT siteMC112

Beside a road/5.7 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/20.5 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Traverse City 1.4 WSWMI-GT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/678 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Traverse City 5ESETCEM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/817 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Traverse City 5ESE (TCEM4), 6.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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