Citizen station FW2661FW2661
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/670 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Forest Park Beach, Illinois
Beach in Lake 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.
60°
64°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 13 mph W
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Forest Park 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 8 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 64° today.
Now. Forest Park Beach is 60° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west at 13 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 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
14Air quality
91%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
60feels60
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6453
99%
13mph
Fri
Oct 16
5647
20%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5737
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6042
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6344
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6646
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6750
overcast
60°
64°53°
56°47°
57°37°
60°42°
63°44°
66°46°
67°50°
As of 11:00 PM in Forest Park Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Forest Park Beach
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 11 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good7.6 mi
- Ozone9Good7 ppb7.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-7.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 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 Forest Park Beach
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 46%
Visibility
How far you can see at Forest Park Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 75°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.2510° N
- Longitude
- 87.8189° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Forest Park Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain Gage At Wf Of Nb Chicago R At Deerfield421002087512501
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PalwaukeePWK
At an airfield/10.0 mi away/666 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/22.8 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Forest 2.1 NNEIL-LK-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/712 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake Zurich (Hydro)LKZI2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 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 Forest Park Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lake Forestcity, 2 mi
- Lake Bluffvillage, 2 mi
- Highwoodcity, 3 mi
- Knollwoodcommunity, 4 mi
- Mettawavillage, 5 mi
- Highland Parkcity, 5 mi
- Bannockburnvillage, 5 mi
- North Chicagocity, 5 mi
- Green Oaksvillage, 6 mi
- Deerfieldvillage, 6 mi
- Lincolnshirevillage, 6 mi
- Riverwoodsvillage, 7 mi