Daily forecast
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Last update: 17:41 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Wednesday, May 01
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
10 kts
max 22 kts
11° C
986 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
04h
14 kts
max 25 kts
1.61 mm
15° C
986 hpa
0.5 m
4 s
07h
11 kts
max 18 kts
14° C
988 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
10h
12 kts
max 17 kts
15° C
989 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
13h
14 kts
max 21 kts
17° C
990 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
16h
10 kts
max 14 kts
17° C
991 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
19h
7 kts
max 9 kts
15° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
22h
5 kts
max 7 kts
12° C
995 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
Thursday, May 02
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
5 kts
max 7 kts
11° C
996 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
04h
9 kts
max 16 kts
10° C
995 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
07h
10 kts
max 19 kts
8° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
10h
9 kts
max 16 kts
9° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
13h
8 kts
max 13 kts
1.89 mm
10° C
993 hpa
0.5 m
4 s
16h
9 kts
max 15 kts
0.51 mm
13° C
990 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
19h
6 kts
max 9 kts
0.69 mm
11° C
988 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
22h
2 kts
max 5 kts
0.78 mm
11° C
989 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
Friday, May 03
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
4 kts
max 5 kts
1.64 mm
12° C
988 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
04h
3 kts
max 3 kts
12° C
989 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
07h
8 kts
max 14 kts
1.97 mm
11° C
992 hpa
0.4 m
5 s
10h
10 kts
max 12 kts
13° C
994 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
13h
9 kts
max 11 kts
15° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
16h
10 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
995 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
19h
6 kts
max 11 kts
11° C
995 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
22h
8 kts
max 13 kts
10° C
996 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
Saturday, May 04
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
6 kts
max 10 kts
9° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
04h
6 kts
max 7 kts
8° C
995 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
07h
4 kts
max 5 kts
9° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
10h
4 kts
max 4 kts
11° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
13h
1 kts
max 4 kts
14° C
994 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
16h
4 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
993 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
19h
4 kts
max 8 kts
11° C
994 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
22h
7 kts
max 12 kts
11° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
Sunday, May 05
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
11 kts
max 19 kts
10° C
996 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
04h
8 kts
max 16 kts
8° C
997 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
07h
7 kts
max 13 kts
8° C
998 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
10h
5 kts
max 7 kts
11° C
999 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
13h
4 kts
max 8 kts
13° C
999 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
16h
6 kts
max 7 kts
12° C
998 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
19h
6 kts
max 7 kts
11° C
998 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
22h
5 kts
max 6 kts
9° C
998 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
Monday, May 06
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
3 kts
max 4 kts
9° C
998 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
04h
3 kts
max 3 kts
8° C
997 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
07h
5 kts
max 8 kts
8° C
997 hpa
0.5 m
4 s
10h
8 kts
max 12 kts
10° C
996 hpa
0.6 m
4 s
13h
8 kts
max 11 kts
12° C
994 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
16h
6 kts
max 9 kts
13° C
992 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
19h
5 kts
max 7 kts
12° C
990 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
22h
10 kts
max 23 kts
12° C
988 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
Tuesday, May 07
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
12 kts
max 26 kts
12° C
985 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
04h
11 kts
max 25 kts
11° C
983 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
07h
11 kts
max 23 kts
2.22 mm
12° C
981 hpa
0.8 m
5 s
10h
10 kts
max 20 kts
0.79 mm
13° C
979 hpa
0.8 m
5 s
13h
11 kts
max 16 kts
0.51 mm
17° C
979 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
16h
8 kts
max 15 kts
21° C
976 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
19h
3 kts
max 4 kts
18° C
975 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
22h
17 kts
max 27 kts
8.95 mm
15° C
976 hpa
Wednesday, May 08
Wind
Weather
01h
3 kts
max 5 kts
15.4 mm
11° C
977 hpa
04h
6 kts
max 6 kts
11° C
978 hpa
07h
6 kts
max 11 kts
11° C
979 hpa
10h
7 kts
max 10 kts
16° C
979 hpa
13h
9 kts
max 14 kts
17° C
979 hpa
16h
11 kts
max 16 kts
1.55 mm
16° C
979 hpa
19h
7 kts
max 11 kts
16° C
979 hpa
22h
7 kts
max 10 kts
13° C
981 hpa
Thursday, May 09
Wind
Weather
01h
7 kts
max 9 kts
12° C
982 hpa
04h
5 kts
max 7 kts
11° C
982 hpa
07h
3 kts
max 4 kts
12° C
983 hpa
10h
6 kts
max 7 kts
15° C
983 hpa
13h
7 kts
max 10 kts
16° C
983 hpa
16h
4 kts
max 11 kts
17° C
982 hpa
19h
2 kts
max 6 kts
15° C
981 hpa
22h
3 kts
max 5 kts
2.11 mm
13° C
982 hpa
Friday, May 10
Wind
Weather
01h
3 kts
max 4 kts
3.13 mm
12° C
980 hpa
04h
8 kts
max 12 kts
0.66 mm
11° C
982 hpa
07h
3 kts
max 4 kts
1.57 mm
11° C
981 hpa
10h
11 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
982 hpa
13h
11 kts
max 13 kts
14° C
984 hpa
16h
11 kts
max 13 kts
14° C
984 hpa
19h
10 kts
max 14 kts
13° C
985 hpa
22h
10 kts
max 18 kts
10° C
986 hpa
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General
This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Lake Michigan / McKinley in Wisconsin, 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
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