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

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Conditions at 1:22 pm EST on 01/22/2020 (DOY 022 18:22 GMT)
(Updated at about 26,56 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   16.9 kts   (8.7 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   18.3 kts   (9.4 m/s)
Wind Direction:   202° (SSW)
Air Temperature:   31.8 °F   (-0.1 °C)
Wind Chill:   19.9 °F   (-6.7 °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
20200221300 15.7 17.5 18.7 204 31.6 20.1
20200221200 18.9 19.8 20.2 211 30.9 18.1
20200221100 16.9 19.1 21.2 208 28.9 16.1
20200221000 15.7 17.7 19.8 199 27.7 14.9
20200220900 20.8 23.5 24.9 212 26.8 12.0
20200220800 23.9 25.5 26.4 208 25.7 9.6
20200220700 16.3 17.5 25.3 203 27.0 13.8
20200220600 18.7 21.0 22.6 203 26.8 12.7
20200220500 20.8 22.6 24.7 217 27.0 12.2
20200220400 19.2 21.2 24.9 222 27.0 12.7
20200220300 17.3 20.0 22.0 222 27.3 13.9
20200220200 13.6 15.4 20.4 214 28.0 16.3
20200220100 15.4 16.9 17.9 228 28.2 15.8
20200220000 17.7 20.2 20.2 226 29.1 16.1
20200212300 17.9 19.8 24.5 235 29.7 16.7
20200212200 20.8 23.1 25.9 238 30.2 16.5
20200212100 19.6 21.6 25.5 229 30.6 17.4
20200212000 18.5 20.6 22.6 229 30.9 18.2
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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