Thunder Bay Island, MI wind

Thunder Bay Island, MI is a land weather station near Alpena in the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 16 kn from S (170°), gusting 17 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/Detroit). Air 14°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 16 kn, 42 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly S (182°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 16 kn from S (170°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 15 kn from S (170°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 16 kn from S (180°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 18 kn from S (180°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 20:30 UTC: 17 kn from S (180°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 19:30 UTC: 14 kn from S (190°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 18:30 UTC: 17 kn from S (180°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 18 kn from S (180°), gust 20 kn

Position 45.035, -83.194; exposure coastal. Thunder Bay Island, MI is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Thunder Bay Island, MI: 2.8 kn on average across 146 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Thunder Bay Island, MI: 2.7 kn on average across 146 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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Stations near Thunder Bay Island, MI

Alpena Harbor Light, Alpena, MI, 9.9 nm away
Alpena, MI, 10.1 nm away
GW0478 weather, 11.9 nm away
Alpena Cnty Rgnl, 15.9 nm away