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Wind, waves & weather forecast Winnetka / Lake Michigan

40.72°
5 kts
Northeast
7%
11 °C
Sky clear
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Last update: 17:37 local time / Next update: 23:56 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Wednesday, Apr 22

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
256.94°
4
4
0.05%
15
987
36.88°
0
8
01h
256.94°
2 m/s
max 2
0.05%
15 °C
987 hPa
36.88°
0
8 s
04h
257°
4
11
27.57%
14
988
36.91°
0
8
04h
257°
2 m/s
max 6
27.57%
14 °C
988 hPa
36.91°
0
8 s
07h
314.9°
3
12
47.39%
12
989
9.09°
0
2
07h
314.9°
1 m/s
max 6
47.39%
12 °C
989 hPa
9.09°
0 m
2 s
10h
4.21°
5
8
60.41%
14
990
11.62°
0.3
3
10h
4.21°
3 m/s
max 4
60.41%
14 °C
990 hPa
11.62°
0.3 m
3 s
13h
38.39°
6
6
23.62%
15
990
21.38°
0.3
4
13h
38.39°
3 m/s
max 3
23.62%
15 °C
990 hPa
21.38°
0.3 m
4 s
16h
34.51°
7
8
14.86%
14
990
24.8°
0.3
5
16h
34.51°
4 m/s
max 4
14.86%
14 °C
990 hPa
24.8°
0.3 m
5 s
19h
40.72°
5
7
7%
11
990
26.38°
0.3
5
19h
40.72°
3 m/s
max 4
7%
11 °C
990 hPa
26.38°
0.3 m
5 s
22h
64.32°
5
7
44.67%
9
990
25.95°
0.2
5
22h
64.32°
2 m/s
max 3
44.67%
9 °C
990 hPa
25.95°
0.2 m
5 s

Thursday, Apr 23

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
137.54°
3
4
85.11%
10
990
25.03°
0.2
4
01h
137.54°
2 m/s
max 2
85.11%
10 °C
990 hPa
25.03°
0.2 m
4 s
04h
151.94°
4
4
16.67%
11
989
25.83°
0.2
4
04h
151.94°
2 m/s
max 2
16.67%
11 °C
989 hPa
25.83°
0.2 m
4 s
07h
187.19°
5
11
69.13%
12
989
25.19°
0.1
4
07h
187.19°
3 m/s
max 6
69.13%
12 °C
989 hPa
25.19°
0.1 m
4 s
10h
187.23°
7
12
44.07%
18
988
25.03°
0.1
4
10h
187.23°
4 m/s
max 6
44.07%
18 °C
988 hPa
25.03°
0.1 m
4 s
13h
174.88°
9
14
99.63%
21
986
137.88°
0.2
2
13h
174.88°
4 m/s
max 7
99.63%
21 °C
986 hPa
137.88°
0.2 m
2 s
16h
183.86°
10
14
9.58%
23
983
113.69°
0.2
3
16h
183.86°
5 m/s
max 7
9.58%
23 °C
983 hPa
113.69°
0.2 m
3 s
19h
179.53°
10
17
99.95%
21
982
111.31°
0.2
3
19h
179.53°
5 m/s
max 9
99.95%
21 °C
982 hPa
111.31°
0.2 m
3 s
22h
179.75°
11
22
99.95%
19
982
111.25°
0.2
4
22h
179.75°
6 m/s
max 11
99.95%
19 °C
982 hPa
111.25°
0.2 m
4 s

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This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Winnetka / Lake Michigan in Illinois, United States of America. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 01:00, 07:00, 13:00 and 19:00 Central Daylight Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 6 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.

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