Waukegan HarborNDBC-WHRI2
At a harbour/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Waukegan Beach, Illinois
Beach in Lake County, IllinoisGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds to 30 kt and significant waves to 5 ft. For the Gale Warning, north winds 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 this afternoon. For the Gale Warning, from 1 PM this afternoon 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.
49°
56°/47°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Waukegan Beach until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Waukegan 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. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 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 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 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
77%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
49feels44
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5647
18%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5739
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5943
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6448
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6651
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6753
overcast
49°
56°47°
57°39°
59°43°
62°45°
64°48°
66°51°
67°53°
As of 7:00 AM in Waukegan Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Waukegan Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 9 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good10 mi
- Ozone18Good22 ppb7.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-15.2 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 Waukegan Beach
0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Last 3 days
- 0.55in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 55%
Visibility
How far you can see at Waukegan Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 120°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.3640° N
- Longitude
- 87.8138° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Waukegan Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WaukeganUGN
At an airfield/4.9 mi away/709 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW1815GW1815
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/673 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/22.6 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Waukegan 1.7 SIL-LK-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/696 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake Zurich (Hydro)LKZI2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/807 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 Waukegan Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- North Chicagocity, 4 mi
- Park Citycity, 4 mi
- Beach Parkvillage, 4 mi
- Lake Bluffvillage, 6 mi
- Zioncity, 6 mi
- Knollwoodcommunity, 6 mi
- Gurneevillage, 6 mi
- Green Oaksvillage, 7 mi
- Wadsworthvillage, 7 mi
- Winthrop Harborvillage, 8 mi
- Gages Lakecommunity, 9 mi