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Alpena, MI  (APNM4)  45° 03´ 35" N,   83° 25´ 25" W

In collaboration with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
See Metadata File for full description of instruments and parameters, as well as site maps. See also rtmon status, webcam status
Conditions at 7:00 am EDT on 09/22/2021 (DOY 265 11:00 GMT)
(Updated at about 02,12,22,32,42,52 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   12.2 kts   (6.3 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   16.7 kts   (8.6 m/s)
Wind Direction:   43° (NE)
Air Temperature:   53.1 °F   (11.7 °C)
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
         1 Day Windrose Plot, 5 Day Windrose Plot, (explanation)         
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(images updated 6X per hour)
Webcam Location & Info
[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 1]
[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 2]
[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 3]
[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 4]
6-hr animations: 1  2  3  4
Previous 48 images (top of hour only): 1  2  3  4
All Images (past 10 days)

----- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] -----
YEARDOY EDT Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F
20212650700 12.2 16.7 16.7 043 53.1
20212650600 8.9 12.4 15.7 041 53.4
20212650500 8.7 14.4 18.5 038 53.6
20212650400 10.5 15.9 17.5 035 53.4
20212650300 7.0 12.1 16.9 018 53.8
20212650200 9.5 13.8 15.9 033 53.2
20212650100 7.0 10.3 16.9 000 56.3
20212650000 10.3 13.4 19.1 005 57.9
20212642300 8.6 13.2 16.5 000 57.9
20212642200 5.6 7.2 15.7 339 57.7
20212642100 9.1 13.2 13.2 000 58.3
20212642000 8.9 10.7 14.8 000 59.4
20212641900 8.0 11.1 14.4 000 61.0
20212641800 7.0 8.9 15.0 000 62.4
20212641700 9.7 11.9 13.8 000 62.6
20212641600 10.9 12.4 14.0 000 63.3
20212641500 10.7 15.4 18.3 330 63.9
20212641400 10.7 13.2 18.3 316 63.0
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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See also NWS Marine Forecast for this area, and NWS Recreational Beach Forecast

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