Citizen station CW1569CW1569
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/806 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Jones Island Beach is 55° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:58 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Jones Island Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 3 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.32 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Jones Island Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station CW1569CW1569
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/806 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Des Plaines River Near Gurnee05528000
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/650 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/10.4 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WaukeganUGN
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/709 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grayslake 0.7 WSWIL-LK-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/804 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fox River AT MchenryMHYI2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/738 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.