Citizen station FW9359FW9359
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/600 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
North Beach, Illinois
Beach in Cook County, IllinoisGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds to 30 kt with a few gale force gusts to 35 kt expected. For the Gale Warning, northerly gales to 40 kt and significant waves to 14 ft occasionally to 18 ft expected. * WHERE...Winthrop Harbor to Calumet Harbor IL. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 1 PM CDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 1 PM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
62°
66°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 10 mph W
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for North Beach until 1 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 66° today.
Now. North Beach is 62° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west at 10 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
91%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
62feels62
16%
Today
Oct 15
6655
99%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5748
28%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5839
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6847
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6950
overcast
62°
66°55°
57°48°
58°39°
62°42°
65°44°
68°47°
69°50°
As of 11:00 PM in North Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at North Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 15 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good8.7 mi
- Ozone10Good9 ppb0.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-8.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Beach
0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.51in
- Last 3 days
- 1.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 30%
Visibility
How far you can see at North Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 71°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.0629° N
- Longitude
- 87.6734° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest North Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain Gage At Oakton College At Skokie420119087445101
On a college campus/4.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PalwaukeePWK
At an airfield/12.5 mi away/666 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rakow @ Pyott RdIMC03
Beside a road/34.5 mi away/895 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Evanston 1.5 NNEIL-CK-263
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/602 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/584 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near North Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Evanstoncity, 1 mi
- Wilmettevillage, 3 mi
- Kenilworthvillage, 3 mi
- Skokievillage, 4 mi
- Winnetkavillage, 4 mi
- Lincolnwoodvillage, 5 mi
- Northfieldvillage, 6 mi
- Golfvillage, 6 mi
- Morton Grovevillage, 6 mi
- Glencoevillage, 7 mi
- Glenviewvillage, 7 mi
- Nilesvillage, 8 mi
Beaches near North Beach
- Lighthouse Beachunder 1 mi
- Clark Street Beachunder 1 mi
- Aquatics Beach1 mi
- Greenwood Street Beach1 mi
- Gillson Beach2 mi
- Langdon Beach2 mi
- Lee Street Beach2 mi
- South Boulevard Beach2 mi