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

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Conditions at 7:04 am EST on 12/21/2024 (DOY 356 12:04 GMT)
(Updated every 30 minutes)
Wind Speed:   12.4 kts   (6.4 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   18.7 kts   (9.6 m/s)
Wind Direction:   348° (NNW)
Air Temperature:   17.1 °F   (-8.3 °C)
Wind Chill:   2.8 °F   (-16.2 °C)
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[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 3]

[Live Webcam Image from Thunder Bay Island, MI Met Station Camera 4]

[Live Webcam Image from Thunder Bay Island, MI Met Station Camera 5]

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----- 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
20243560700 12.8 19.2 19.2 346 17.2 2.8
20243560600 12.4 19.2 22.9 005 19.0 5.3
20243560500 12.6 19.8 22.6 359 20.1 6.6
20243560400 11.5 15.9 18.9 359 20.8 8.1
20243560300 9.1 12.4 17.9 002 21.0 9.8
20243560200 14.0 18.1 18.1 016 22.1 8.4
20243560100 8.9 14.4 18.5 350 22.6 12.0
20243560000 9.5 15.7 21.6 340 23.5 12.7
20243552300 7.6 13.6 22.9 341 24.4 15.1
20243552200 9.7 22.4 22.6 343 24.8 14.1
20243552100 11.5 19.1 22.0 344 25.2 13.6
20243552000 8.4 13.6 20.4 321 25.3 15.7
20243551800 5.1 10.7 14.4 318 27.0 20.4
20243551700 8.4 15.9 18.7 349 27.1 17.9
20243551600 6.8 13.6 18.9 353 27.7 19.7
20243551500 7.8 11.3 18.1 358 27.3 18.5
20243551400 12.2 16.1 18.3 021 27.0 15.5
20243551300 10.1 14.4 17.1 020 27.0 16.6
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: TBIM4
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