Citizen station GW5043GW5043
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/611 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Clark Street 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.
56°
57°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Clark Street 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. Clark Street Beach is 56° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
11Air quality
78%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
56feels56
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5748
29%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5839
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6847
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6950
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7153
overcast
56°
57°48°
58°39°
62°42°
65°44°
68°47°
69°50°
71°53°
As of 2:00 AM in Clark Street Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Clark Street Beach
Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 14 miles off.
11Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good9.1 mi
- Ozone9Good12 ppb0.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-9.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Clark Street Beach
0.64 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.64in
- Last 3 days
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 44%
Visibility
How far you can see at Clark Street Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 83°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.0493° N
- Longitude
- 87.6732° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Clark Street Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain Gage At Oakton College At Skokie420119087445101
On a college campus/4.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PalwaukeePWK
At an airfield/12.9 mi away/666 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rakow @ Pyott RdIMC03
Beside a road/34.8 mi away/895 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Evanston 0.8 ESEIL-CK-336
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/608 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/584 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 Clark Street 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
- Lincolnwoodvillage, 4 mi
- Winnetkavillage, 5 mi
- Morton Grovevillage, 6 mi
- Golfvillage, 6 mi
- Northfieldvillage, 6 mi
- Glencoevillage, 7 mi
- Nilesvillage, 7 mi
- Glenviewvillage, 8 mi
Beaches near Clark Street Beach
- Greenwood Street Beachunder 1 mi
- Lee Street Beachunder 1 mi
- Lighthouse Beachunder 1 mi
- North Beachunder 1 mi
- South Boulevard Beach1 mi
- Juneway Beach2 mi
- Juneway Terrace Beach Park2 mi
- Rogers Beach2 mi