Beside a road/0.5 mi away/689 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Cook County, Minnesota* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 1 to 4 ft expected. * WHERE...Grand Portage to Grand Marais MN, Grand Marais to Taconite Harbor MN, Taconite Harbor to Silver Bay Harbor MN, Silver Bay Harbor to Two Harbors MN and Two Harbors to Duluth MN. * WHEN...Until 1 PM CDT this afternoon. * 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.
41°
47°/35°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 33°·Gentle breeze 13 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Big Beach until 1 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 55° after 47° today.
Now. Big Beach is 41° and partly cloudy at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 13 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 45° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:45 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 52 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
89%Humidity
56%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
41feels33
13mph
Today
Oct 16
4735
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5534
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
5839
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5739
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6042
12%
Thu
Oct 22
6046
19%
41°
47°35°
55°34°
60°41°
58°39°
57°39°
60°42°
60°46°
As of 6:00 AM in Big Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Big Beach
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 29 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Beach
0.37 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.37in
- Last 3 days
- 0.37in
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 139°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 53.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 4.9 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NNE (31°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft
- Wind waves
- 4.9 ft at 5 s from NNE
- Water
- 50 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:50 AM
- Distance
- 53.6 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (27°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NE (39°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (134°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (143°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (145°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (128°) |
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 47.5378° N
- Longitude
- 90.9000° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Big Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Isabella RAWSISAM5
A remote fire weather station/23.0 mi away/1,985 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW7348FW7348
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.9 mi away/1,123 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Grand MaraisGNA
At an airfield/29.5 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Schroeder 1.1 WMN-CK-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/996 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wolf Ridge Environ Learning CenterWLFM5
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/1,640 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 Wolf Ridge Environ Learning Center (WLFM5), 16.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Big Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lutsen Mountainsski area, 12 mi
- Lutsencommunity, 13 mi
- Finlandcommunity, 19 mi
- Silver Baycity, 25 mi
- Beaver Baycity, 27 mi
- Grand Maraiscity, 30 mi
- Boundary Watersfeature, 38 mi
- Wintoncity, 50 mi
- Babbittcity, 50 mi
- Two Harborscity, 51 mi
- Elycity, 51 mi
- Hoyt Lakescity, 58 mi
Beaches near Big Beach
- Rocky Beach13 mi
- Black Beach23 mi
- Beaver River Beach27 mi
- Old Shore Beach31 mi
- Pebble Beach32 mi
- Agate Beach38 mi
- Paradise Beach43 mi
- Alden's Beach45 mi