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Muskegon Pier Light, MI  (MKGMA)  43° 13´ 36" N,   86° 20´ 29" W

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NOTICE:  This station was created as a back-up for the Muskegon station until repairs can be made. Data from this station is also being sent to NDBC
Conditions at 5:32 pm EST on 01/14/2025 (DOY 014 22:32 GMT)
(Updated every 10 minutes)
Wind Speed:   5.8 kts   (3.0 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   8.0 kts   (4.1 m/s)
Wind Direction:   0° (N)
Air Temperature:   19.0 °F   (-7.2 °C)
Wind Chill:   10.1 °F   (-12.1 °C)
Dew Point:   15.4 °F   (-9.2 °C)
Relative Humidity:   85.6 %
Station Pressure:   29.589 in Hg.   (1002.0 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   30.328 in Hg.   (1027.0 mb)
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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[Live Webcam Image from Muskegon Pier Light, MI Met Station Camera 1] [Live Webcam Image from Muskegon Pier Light, MI Met Station Camera 2]
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Nearby Webcams:
Muskegon Station Webcam

Nearby Webcams (external sites):
Grand Haven Beach Webcam
Grand Haven Pier Webcam

-------------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] --------------
YEARDOY EST Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Wind
Chill
F 		Dew
Pt
F 		Rel
Hum
% 		Sta
Press
in
20250141700 8.0 11.5 11.5 009 18.9 8.0 14.0 80.6 29.57
20250141600 8.6 10.5 11.9 004 18.1 6.7 12.0 76.5 29.54
20250141500 11.1 13.4 15.9 008 15.6 1.8 12.6 87.2 29.51
20250141400 6.0 8.9 14.2 046 14.0 3.9 10.8 87.1 29.49
20250141300 8.9 12.2 24.5 347 14.5 1.9 9.7 80.4 29.49
20250141200 18.3 21.8 26.4 320 14.4 -3.5 8.1 75.9 29.48
20250141100 19.2 23.3 27.6 331 14.4 -3.9 10.4 84.5 29.46
20250141000 23.7 26.6 29.4 322 14.2 -5.8 9.5 80.8 29.45
20250140900 22.6 27.0 31.7 327 14.0 -5.7 10.4 85.0 29.43
20250140800 24.5 28.0 28.2 316 15.3 -4.6 11.5 84.6 29.41
20250140700 24.9 28.4 32.1 314 16.0 -3.8 11.5 82.2 29.40
20250140600 22.9 25.5 32.5 314 16.5 -2.4 13.8 88.7 29.39
20250140500 18.3 21.4 26.0 292 17.8 1.0 12.6 80.0 29.39
20250140400 17.5 20.2 27.6 307 17.4 0.8 11.3 76.1 29.40
20250140300 17.1 19.8 25.9 308 17.6 1.2 11.5 76.5 29.41
20250140200 19.1 22.9 25.3 312 17.4 0.2 10.9 75.2 29.41
20250140100 21.4 27.4 27.4 294 18.1 0.3 11.1 73.2 29.41
20250140000 21.8 24.5 27.2 299 18.5 0.6 10.0 69.2 29.41
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour
Note: Wind chill is set to -99 if air temp > 40 F or wind speed < 3 mph

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: MKGM4
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