Citizen station GW5043GW5043
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/611 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park, 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.
50°
56°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 46°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park 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. Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park is 50° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 46°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
78%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
50feels46
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5648
30%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5740
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6747
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6949
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7153
overcast
50°
56°48°
57°40°
62°42°
65°44°
67°47°
69°49°
71°53°
As of 7:00 AM in Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 12 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good7.4 mi
- Ozone18Good25 ppb3.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-11.5 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 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park
0.73 in in the last 24 hours, 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.73in
- Last 3 days
- 0.96in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 76%
Visibility
How far you can see at Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 71°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.0148° N
- Longitude
- 87.6620° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain Gage At Oakton College At Skokie420119087445101
On a college campus/4.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.3 mi away/673 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rakow @ Pyott RdIMC03
Beside a road/36.2 mi away/895 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Evanston 2.9 SSEIL-CK-423
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/592 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/584 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 Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Evanstoncity, 2 mi
- Lincolnwoodvillage, 4 mi
- Skokievillage, 4 mi
- Wilmettevillage, 5 mi
- Kenilworthvillage, 6 mi
- Morton Grovevillage, 7 mi
- Golfvillage, 7 mi
- Winnetkavillage, 7 mi
- Nilesvillage, 8 mi
- Harwood Heightsvillage, 8 mi
- Northfieldvillage, 8 mi
- Norridgevillage, 9 mi
Beaches near Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park
- Sherwin Beachunder 1 mi
- Marion Mahoney Griffin Beachunder 1 mi
- Fargo Beachunder 1 mi
- Leone Beachunder 1 mi
- Howard Beachunder 1 mi
- Juneway Terrace Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Rogers Beachunder 1 mi
- Juneway Beachunder 1 mi