Citizen station GW5043GW5043
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/611 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sherwin 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.
65°
66°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Light breeze 7 mph WSW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Sherwin 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. Sherwin Beach is 65° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 7 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 6 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is possible tomorrow (30%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
42Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
65feels65
34%
Today
Oct 15
6655
98%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5748
30%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5840
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6545
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6847
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6950
overcast
65°
66°55°
57°48°
58°40°
62°42°
65°45°
68°47°
69°50°
As of 9:00 PM in Sherwin Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Sherwin Beach
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 12 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good7.4 mi
- Ozone12Good8 ppb3.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-11.5 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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sherwin Beach
0.73 in in the last 24 hours, 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.73in
- Last 3 days
- 0.96in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 76%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sherwin Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 6 miles Thu 11 PM.
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
- 42.0148° N
- Longitude
- 87.6620° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sherwin 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/4.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.3 mi away/673 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rakow @ Pyott RdIMC03
Beside a road/36.2 mi away/895 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Evanston 2.9 SSEIL-CK-423
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/592 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 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 Sherwin Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Evanstoncity, 2 mi
- Lincolnwoodvillage, 4 mi
- Skokievillage, 4 mi
- Wilmettevillage, 5 mi
- Kenilworthvillage, 6 mi
- Morton Grovevillage, 7 mi
- Golfvillage, 7 mi
- Winnetkavillage, 7 mi
- Nilesvillage, 8 mi
- Harwood Heightsvillage, 8 mi
- Northfieldvillage, 8 mi
- Norridgevillage, 9 mi
Beaches near Sherwin Beach
- Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beachunder 1 mi
- Fargo Beachunder 1 mi
- Leone Beachunder 1 mi
- Howard Beachunder 1 mi
- Juneway Terrace Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Rogers Beachunder 1 mi
- Juneway Beachunder 1 mi