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

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Conditions at 10:24 am EST on 11/15/2019 (DOY 319 15:24 GMT)
(Updated at about 26,56 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   7.8 kts   (4.0 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   14.2 kts   (7.3 m/s)
Wind Direction:   301° (WNW)
Air Temperature:   34.9 °F   (1.6 °C)
Wind Chill:   27.8 °F   (-2.3 °C)
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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 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
20193191000 7.6 11.7 14.2 283 34.2 27.1
20193190900 5.6 8.9 12.6 280 33.8 28.0
20193190800 10.9 13.6 13.6 271 33.6 24.6
20193190700 14.0 16.1 16.7 258 33.8 23.5
20193190600 17.5 19.2 19.8 251 33.8 22.3
20193190500 18.5 21.0 21.8 248 33.4 21.5
20193190400 19.6 23.7 24.3 242 32.7 20.2
20193190300 21.6 23.9 25.3 255 31.8 18.5
20193190200 22.6 26.0 28.4 250 31.5 17.7
20193190100 24.5 28.0 31.7 246 30.9 16.5
20193190000 26.2 29.5 32.1 246 29.8 14.6
20193182300 24.3 29.5 34.2 245 29.7 14.9
20193182200 25.5 28.2 33.8 245 30.2 15.3
20193182100 26.2 32.1 32.1 245 30.7 15.8
20193182000 25.5 31.3 31.3 233 31.6 17.3
20193181900 23.3 25.9 28.2 243 31.3 17.3
20193181800 19.2 22.7 26.4 236 31.6 18.9
20193181700 18.3 21.4 23.1 242 31.8 19.5
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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