T.H.61 Grand Marais MP 110.8MN166
Beside a road/0.2 mi away/659 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Old Shore Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Cook County, Minnesota* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 2 to 5 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...From 4 AM to 1 PM CDT Friday. * 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.
45°
46°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Light air 4 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Old Shore Beach until 1 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Old Shore Beach is 45° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 41° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 56°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:41 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 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
100%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
45feels44
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
4636
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5234
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5640
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
5440
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5439
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
5542
12%
Thu
Oct 22
5645
29%
45°
46°36°
52°34°
56°40°
54°40°
54°39°
55°42°
56°45°
As of 1:00 AM in Old Shore Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Old Shore Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 17 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Old Shore Beach
0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.50in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Old Shore Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 158°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 38.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- NE (39°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 7 s from NE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from NE
- Water
- 51 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 38.0 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 12:20 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 47.7556° N
- Longitude
- 90.3166° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Old Shore Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Grand MaraisNDBC-GDMM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Grand MaraisGNA
At an airfield/1.5 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW7348FW7348
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/1,123 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Marais 1.2 EMN-CK-58
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/691 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand MariasGMRM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Old Shore Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grand Maraiscity, 1 mi
- Lutsencommunity, 18 mi
- Lutsen Mountainsski area, 20 mi
- Boundary Watersfeature, 43 mi
- Finlandcommunity, 50 mi
- Silver Baycity, 55 mi
- Beaver Baycity, 58 mi
- Wintoncity, 70 mi
- Elycity, 72 mi
- Babbittcity, 76 mi
- Two Harborscity, 81 mi
- Hoyt Lakescity, 86 mi
Beaches near Old Shore Beach
- Paradise Beach12 mi
- Alden's Beach14 mi
- Two Fish House Beach28 mi
- Big Beach31 mi
- Rocky Beach43 mi
- Black Beach54 mi
- Beaver River Beach57 mi
- Pebble Beach63 mi