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Last update: 10:35 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)

Monday, Jan 12

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
233° SW
13 kts
max 30 kts
76%
-2° C
998 hpa
45° NE
0.3 m
8 s
03h
230° SW
14 kts
max 32 kts
99%
-2° C
996 hpa
43° NE
0.3 m
7 s
06h
237° WSW
14 kts
max 30 kts
99%
-1° C
995 hpa
42° NE
0.2 m
6 s
09h
239° WSW
11 kts
max 23 kts
97%
-1° C
994 hpa
29° NNE
0.2 m
4 s
12h
242° WSW
11 kts
max 22 kts
38%
2° C
993 hpa
240° WSW
0.1 m
1 s
15h
237° WSW
9 kts
max 20 kts
4%
3° C
992 hpa
241° WSW
0.1 m
1 s
18h
234° SW
9 kts
max 22 kts
10%
2° C
992 hpa
231° SW
0.1 m
1 s
21h
228° SW
9 kts
max 22 kts
4%
1° C
990 hpa
225° SW
0.1 m
1 s

Tuesday, Jan 13

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
221° SW
9 kts
max 25 kts
99%
1° C
988 hpa
224° SW
0.1 m
1 s
03h
214° SW
11 kts
max 30 kts
99%
2° C
984 hpa
212° SSW
0.1 m
1 s
06h
214° SW
14 kts
max 35 kts
99%
3° C
979 hpa
209° SSW
0.2 m
2 s
09h
242° WSW
16 kts
max 35 kts
99%
4° C
977 hpa
211° SSW
0.2 m
2 s
12h
252° WSW
14 kts
max 29 kts
21%
6° C
976 hpa
240° WSW
0.2 m
2 s
15h
257° WSW
14 kts
max 28 kts
1%
8° C
975 hpa
252° WSW
0.2 m
2 s
18h
280° W
10 kts
max 24 kts
99%
6° C
977 hpa
266° W
0.1 m
2 s
21h
289° WNW
11 kts
max 22 kts
99%
5° C
978 hpa
280° W
0.1 m
1 s
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)

Wednesday, Jan 14

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
283° WNW
11 kts
max 20 kts
98%
4° C
978 hpa
293° WNW
0.1 m
2 s
03h
301° WNW
11 kts
max 21 kts
99%
3° C
979 hpa
307° NW
0.2 m
2 s
06h
333° NNW
17 kts
max 23 kts
88%
-2° C
982 hpa
334° NNW
0.3 m
2 s
09h
332° NNW
18 kts
max 24 kts
99%
-6° C
986 hpa
26° NNE
0.6 m
5 s
12h
335° NNW
17 kts
max 22 kts
99%
-6° C
988 hpa
44° NE
0.9 m
8 s
15h
337° NNW
17 kts
max 24 kts
99%
-6° C
990 hpa
48° NE
1.0 m
10 s
18h
333° NNW
17 kts
max 26 kts
99%
-7° C
992 hpa
48° NE
1.0 m
11 s
21h
334° NNW
16 kts
max 25 kts
96%
-7° C
993 hpa
49° NE
1.0 m
11 s

Thursday, Jan 15

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
330° NNW
15 kts
max 22 kts
95%
-8° C
993 hpa
49° NE
1.0 m
11 s
03h
327° NNW
14 kts
max 21 kts
64%
-8° C
993 hpa
48° NE
0.9 m
10 s
06h
324° NW
13 kts
max 20 kts
63%
-8° C
993 hpa
47° NE
0.8 m
10 s
09h
321° NW
12 kts
max 16 kts
69%
-8° C
994 hpa
48° NE
0.8 m
9 s
12h
325° NW
8 kts
max 11 kts
25%
-6° C
992 hpa
46° NE
0.6 m
8 s
15h
295° WNW
6 kts
max 7 kts
4%
-5° C
990 hpa
45° NE
0.5 m
8 s
18h
246° WSW
8 kts
max 10 kts
32%
-5° C
989 hpa
43° NE
0.4 m
7 s
21h
221° SW
10 kts
max 18 kts
99%
-5° C
987 hpa
43° NE
0.3 m
7 s
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)

Friday, Jan 16

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
206° SSW
13 kts
max 27 kts
99%
-4° C
983 hpa
42° NE
0.3 m
6 s
03h
210° SSW
14 kts
max 29 kts
99%
0.7 mm
-5° C
980 hpa
40° NE
0.2 m
6 s
06h
205° SSW
14 kts
max 28 kts
99%
-4° C
978 hpa
38° NE
0.2 m
5 s
09h
211° SSW
14 kts
max 27 kts
99%
-3° C
976 hpa
100° E
0.1 m
3 s
12h
236° SW
14 kts
max 27 kts
99%
0.44 mm
0° C
974 hpa
223° SW
0.1 m
2 s
15h
250° WSW
15 kts
max 25 kts
88%
1° C
975 hpa
247° WSW
0.1 m
1 s
18h
262° W
14 kts
max 25 kts
58%
0° C
978 hpa
267° W
0.1 m
1 s
21h
272° W
14 kts
max 23 kts
91%
-2° C
980 hpa
276° W
0.1 m
1 s

Saturday, Jan 17

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
272° W
12 kts
max 20 kts
99%
-4° C
981 hpa
283° WNW
0.1 m
2 s
03h
276° W
12 kts
max 18 kts
95%
-6° C
982 hpa
295° WNW
0.1 m
2 s
06h
275° W
12 kts
max 16 kts
99%
-8° C
983 hpa
308° NW
0.2 m
2 s
09h
277° W
12 kts
max 16 kts
99%
-9° C
985 hpa
309° NW
0.2 m
2 s
12h
272° W
12 kts
max 14 kts
99%
-8° C
985 hpa
311° NW
0.2 m
2 s
15h
273° W
13 kts
max 16 kts
99%
-8° C
987 hpa
310° NW
0.2 m
2 s
18h
278° W
11 kts
max 15 kts
99%
-9° C
989 hpa
307° NW
0.2 m
2 s
21h
284° WNW
11 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-10° C
990 hpa
306° NW
0.2 m
2 s
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)

Sunday, Jan 18

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
278° W
11 kts
max 14 kts
53%
-11° C
991 hpa
308° NW
0.2 m
2 s
03h
261° W
12 kts
max 17 kts
99%
-11° C
991 hpa
302° WNW
0.2 m
2 s
06h
261° W
13 kts
max 23 kts
99%
-11° C
991 hpa
295° WNW
0.2 m
2 s
09h
312° NW
14 kts
max 22 kts
99%
-8° C
991 hpa
288° WNW
0.2 m
2 s
12h
319° NW
15 kts
max 19 kts
99%
-7° C
993 hpa
282° WNW
0.2 m
2 s
15h
310° NW
12 kts
max 16 kts
99%
-6° C
994 hpa
18h
301° WNW
10 kts
max 14 kts
82%
-8° C
995 hpa
21h
283° WNW
9 kts
max 12 kts
67%
-9° C
995 hpa

Monday, Jan 19

Wind
Weather
00h
266° W
9 kts
max 14 kts
39%
-10° C
994 hpa
03h
244° WSW
9 kts
max 16 kts
99%
-10° C
992 hpa
06h
230° SW
10 kts
max 19 kts
99%
-9° C
990 hpa
09h
220° SW
12 kts
max 25 kts
99%
-8° C
988 hpa
12h
231° SW
14 kts
max 26 kts
11%
-4° C
984 hpa
15h
248° WSW
14 kts
max 26 kts
3%
-2° C
982 hpa
18h
289° WNW
15 kts
max 26 kts
90%
-3° C
983 hpa
21h
320° NW
15 kts
max 23 kts
85%
-6° C
986 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Tuesday, Jan 20

Wind
Weather
00h
316° NW
14 kts
max 22 kts
48%
-8° C
989 hpa
03h
315° NW
14 kts
max 23 kts
60%
-9° C
991 hpa
06h
322° NW
14 kts
max 22 kts
52%
-10° C
994 hpa
09h
327° NNW
11 kts
max 16 kts
34%
-11° C
998 hpa
12h
324° NW
6 kts
max 8 kts
9%
-9° C
999 hpa
15h
254° WSW
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
-7° C
998 hpa
18h
221° SW
7 kts
max 11 kts
25%
-7° C
997 hpa
21h
200° SSW
10 kts
max 19 kts
99%
-6° C
996 hpa

Wednesday, Jan 21

Wind
Weather
00h
196° SSW
13 kts
max 29 kts
99%
-5° C
993 hpa
03h
197° SSW
15 kts
max 36 kts
99%
-4° C
989 hpa
06h
200° SSW
17 kts
max 40 kts
99%
-2° C
986 hpa
09h
208° SSW
18 kts
max 40 kts
99%
-1° C
984 hpa
12h
225° SW
15 kts
max 31 kts
99%
2° C
982 hpa
15h
232° SW
11 kts
max 25 kts
7%
3° C
982 hpa

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This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Lake Forest / Fort Sheridan 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 11:00 PM, 5:00 AM, 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM Central Standard Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 3 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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