Citizen station FW1203FW1203
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/628 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Maple Street Beach, Illinois
Beach in Cook 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.
52°
56°/47°
Overcast·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Maple 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. Maple Street Beach is 52° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 71°, 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
75%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
52feels52
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5647
22%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5738
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6241
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6542
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6746
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6948
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7152
overcast
52°
56°47°
57°38°
62°41°
65°42°
67°46°
69°48°
71°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Maple Street Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Maple Street Beach
Index 9, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 19 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone9Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
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 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Maple Street Beach
0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.39in
- Last 3 days
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at Maple Street Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 56°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.1118° N
- Longitude
- 87.7280° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Maple Street Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WinnetkaWNKI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.5 mi away/624 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PalwaukeePWK
At an airfield/9.1 mi away/666 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/30.6 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Winnetka 1.0 NWIL-CK-473
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/627 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake Zurich (Hydro)LKZI2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/807 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 Maple Street Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Winnetkavillage, 1 mi
- Kenilworthvillage, 2 mi
- Glencoevillage, 2 mi
- Wilmettevillage, 2 mi
- Northfieldvillage, 3 mi
- Golfvillage, 5 mi
- Glenviewvillage, 5 mi
- Evanstoncity, 5 mi
- Skokievillage, 5 mi
- Morton Grovevillage, 6 mi
- Northbrookvillage, 6 mi
- Highland Parkcity, 6 mi
Beaches near Maple Street Beach
- Tower Road Beachunder 1 mi
- Cherry Street Beachunder 1 mi
- Elder Lane Beach1 mi
- Dell Place Beach2 mi
- Kenilworth Beach2 mi
- Glencoe Beach2 mi
- Glencoe Boating Beach2 mi
- Langdon Beach3 mi