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Michigan City, IN  (MCYI3)  41° 43´ 43" N,   86° 54´ 45" W

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NOTICE: Jun 20, 2020. The MCY Met Station is experiencing communication issues. Data/images will be spotty. The deployment and servicing of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab observing buoys and moorings scheduled for spring 2020 has been delayed. We will keep you posted on a new timeframe..

Conditions at 5:06 am CDT on 09/23/2020 (DOY 267 10:06 GMT)
(Updated at about 08,23,38,53 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   6.8 kts   (3.5 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   7.8 kts   (4.0 m/s)
Wind Direction:   199° (SSW)
Air Temperature:   60.6 °F   (15.9 °C)
Dew Point:   53.4 °F   (11.9 °C)
Relative Humidity:   76.7 %
PAR:   0 uEinst/m2/sec
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 2X per hour)
Webcam Location & Info
[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 1]
[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 2]
12-hr animations:  1  2
Previous 48 images:  1  2
All Images (past 10 days)

Nearby Webcam (external site):
Michigan City, IN courtesy of WeatherBug.com

-------------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] --------------
YEARDOY CDT Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Dew
Pt
F 		Rel
Hum
% 		Sta
Press
in 		PAR
uE/
m2/s
20202670500 6.8 7.6 7.8 205 60.4 53.2 76.8-99.00 0
20202670400 6.4 6.8 8.7 200 61.2 53.7 76.3-99.00 0
20202670300 6.0 6.8 7.4 198 62.1 54.0 74.5-99.00 0
20202670200 6.8 7.8 9.1 195 63.1 54.1 72.1-99.00 0
20202670100 8.9 9.3 10.1 206 64.4 54.2 69.0-99.00 0
20202670000 9.7 10.3 10.9 205 65.8 54.6 66.7-99.00 0
20202662300 8.4 8.9 10.7 206 66.6 54.7 65.2-99.00 0
20202662200 8.7 9.1 10.7 197 67.5 55.0 64.0-99.00 0
20202662100 8.0 8.6 10.7 158 68.5 55.4 62.5-99.00 0
20202662000 6.0 7.0 9.3 134 68.9 55.7 62.4-99.00 0
20202661900 5.1 6.4 7.6 117 70.5 55.1 57.7-99.00 0
20202661800 8.0 8.4 10.3 057 66.7 57.6 72.0-99.00 116
20202661700 7.2 7.4 9.7 058 69.8 52.4 53.5-99.00 410
20202661600 6.6 6.8 7.2 055 68.4 53.6 58.7-99.00 657
20202661500 5.1 5.2 6.8 000 73.6 55.0 51.7-99.00 903
20202661400 3.7 3.9 5.2 280 70.9 52.8 52.2-99.001067
20202661300 6.2 6.6 7.0 237 67.3 53.8 61.6-99.001150
20202661200 6.4 6.6 6.8 277 67.5 55.7 65.5-99.001188
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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