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Thunder Bay Island, MI  (TBIM4)  45° 02´ 05" N,   83° 11´ 39" W

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Conditions at 6:24 am EDT on 04/20/2018 (DOY 110 10:24 GMT)
(Updated at about 27,57 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   3.3 kts   (1.7 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   6.2 kts   (3.2 m/s)
Wind Direction:   322° (NW)
Air Temperature:   31.3 °F   (-0.4 °C)
Wind Chill:   27.5 °F   (-2.5 °C)
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----- 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
20181100600 5.1 8.6 8.6 314 31.5
20181100500 4.5 8.6 11.9 319 31.8
20181100400 5.2 7.0 10.1 321 32.0
20181100300 6.6 12.1 12.1 326 33.1
20181100200 4.3 8.9 12.2 320 33.4
20181100100 6.8 11.5 14.8 317 34.5
20181100000 5.1 9.9 13.4 333 35.8
20181092300 5.6 11.5 15.7 329 36.3
20181092200 4.1 7.6 13.4 325 37.8
20181092100 6.8 11.3 13.4 314 38.1
20181092000 7.8 14.4 15.2 323 39.4
20181091900 9.1 13.2 18.9 337 40.3
20181091800 8.2 14.8 18.3 327 41.4
20181091700 7.2 12.2 19.2 340 41.4
20181091600 4.5 9.9 16.1 322 41.4
20181091500 8.6 14.4 15.6 328 39.7
20181091400 7.6 11.3 17.9 322 38.1
20181091300 8.6 17.7 18.3 337 36.0
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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