Back to Met Station Array Page
Milwaukee | Chicago | Michigan City | South Haven | Muskegon | Alpena | Thunder Bay Island | Toledo Light #2

Real-Time Meteorological Observation Network
Thunder Bay Island, MI  (TBIM4)  45° 02´ 05" N,   83° 11´ 39" W

See Metadata File for full description of instruments and parameters, as well as site maps.
Conditions at 0:54 am EDT on 09/25/2016 (DOY 269 04:54 GMT)
(Updated at about 26,56 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   6.0 kts   (3.1 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   7.2 kts   (3.7 m/s)
Wind Direction:   105° (ESE)
Air Temperature:   59.9 °F   (15.5 °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)         
Click on image to enlarge
(images updated 1X per hour)
Webcam Location & Info [Live Webcam Image from Thunder Bay Island, MI Met Station Camera 1] [Live Webcam Image from Thunder Bay Island, MI Met Station Camera 2] [Live Webcam Image from Thunder Bay Island, MI Met Station Camera 4]
6-hr animations:  1  2  3

Previous 24 images:  1  2  3

All Images (past 14 days)

-------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] --------
YEARDOY EDT Wind
Speed
kts		 Wind
Gust
kts		 Peak
Wind
kts		 Wind
Dir
deg		 Air
Temp
deg F
20162690000 5.6 7.2 9.1 092 59.5
20162682300 4.5 5.2 7.8 076 59.2
20162682200 4.3 5.4 8.0 106 59.2
20162682100 2.7 3.7 7.4 081 58.8
20162682000 1.2 1.4 5.4 124 59.0
20162681900 2.5 3.5 5.6 084 59.5
20162681800 1.7 2.3 6.0 070 60.6
20162681700 1.4 2.1 4.7 128 61.9
20162681600 2.1 3.1 6.2 174 61.3
20162681500 3.3 6.6 7.0 149 61.5
20162681400 5.4 7.4 8.6 141 61.7
20162681300 3.7 5.1 8.7 124 61.9
20162681200 5.1 7.2 8.6 069 61.9
20162681100 6.2 7.6 10.1 051 61.3
20162681000 7.6 11.9 11.9 058 60.4
20162680900 7.6 9.9 12.4 062 59.7
20162680800 8.9 11.3 12.8 061 59.0
20162680700 8.2 10.3 13.6 052 58.3
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

      Click here for today's 2-minute data: 20160925.10t.txt, data format (metadata)
      Click here for past data: 2016 | Archive

Access current marine observations on your mobile device. See NDBC's mobile access page.
These data are also available from NDBC website and NDBC's Dial-a-Buoy Program.
See also NWS Marine Forecast for this area

Realtime Data Disclaimer
Special thanks to NWS, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS), and 9th District USCG.
Additional Great Lakes Meteorological Observations

» NWS, Grand Rapids Office: Near-Realtime Marine Weather, includes current conditions and forecasts
» NWS, White Lake Office: Near-Realtime Marine Weather, includes current conditions and forecasts
» NDBC Great Lakes ImageMap showing U.S. and Canadian Buoys and C-MAN Stations
» NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes NOAAPORT Data, includes all station types
» NOAA's NowCoast: Web mapping portal to real-time coastal observations
» Winds courtesy of iWindsurf.com
» NWS Great Lakes Marine Text Forecasts by Zone
» Links to Great Lakes Water Temperature, Wind/Wave Data, & Water Levels
» Additional Great Lakes WebCams from GLIN
» GLIN: Great Lakes Information Network