Citizen station CW1569CW1569
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/806 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Jones Island Beach, Illinois
Beach in Lake County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lake IL County. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
49°
56°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Jones Island Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jones Island Beach is 49° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
79%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
49feels44
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5646
16%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5636
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6545
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6748
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6851
overcast
49°
56°46°
56°36°
60°41°
63°42°
65°45°
67°48°
68°51°
As of 7:00 AM in Jones Island Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Jones Island Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 3 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good13.2 mi
- Ozone18Good17 ppb13.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-19.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jones Island Beach
0.32 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.32in
- Last 3 days
- 0.54in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 59%
Visibility
How far you can see at Jones Island Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.3450° N
- Longitude
- 88.0515° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Jones Island Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Des Plaines River Near Gurnee05528000
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/650 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/10.4 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WaukeganUGN
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/709 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grayslake 0.7 WSWIL-LK-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/804 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fox River AT MchenryMHYI2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/738 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Jones Island Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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