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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 8:20 am EDT on 06/15/2026 (DOY 166 12:20 GMT)
(Updated every 10 minutes)
Wind Speed:   6.2 kts   (3.2 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   8.0 kts   (4.1 m/s)
Wind Direction:   243° (WSW)
Air Temperature:   55.8 °F   (13.2 °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 every 10 minutes)

[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]

[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 5]

6-hr animations: 1  2  3  4  5
Previous 48 images (top of hour only): 1  2  3  4  5
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
20261660800 4.5 5.6 8.0 274 53.6
20261660700 6.0 7.2 9.3 291 48.7
20261660600 5.8 6.8 10.5 281 45.9
20261660500 7.0 9.9 10.3 281 46.2
20261660400 6.6 8.2 11.9 287 46.8
20261660300 5.2 6.6 9.9 280 47.7
20261660200 7.0 8.7 9.9 284 48.6
20261660100 7.4 9.9 10.9 286 49.8
20261660000 6.0 8.4 10.7 280 51.4
20261652300 9.5 13.0 16.3 307 52.2
20261652200 11.3 18.3 21.6 309 54.1
20261652100 8.4 11.5 21.4 329 54.3
20261652000 8.9 14.6 16.1 328 54.9
20261651900 15.0 20.6 26.0 306 58.1
20261651800 11.1 16.1 25.5 323 58.6
20261651700 12.4 17.5 23.3 332 57.7
20261651600 4.7 6.0 20.8 005 57.9
20261651500 2.9 3.5 8.6 215 59.0
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: APNM4
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These data are also available from NDBC website and NDBC's Dial-a-Buoy Program.
See also NWS Marine Forecast for this area, and NWS Recreational Beach Forecast

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Additional Great Lakes Meteorological Observations

» NWS, Grand Rapids Office: Near-Realtime Marine Weather, includes current conditions and forecasts
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» NDBC Great Lakes ImageMap showing U.S. and Canadian Buoys and C-MAN Stations
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» NWS Great Lakes Marine Text Forecasts by Zone
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» GLIN: Great Lakes Information Network

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