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Wind, waves & weather forecast Lake Forest / Fort Sheridan 

247.33°
8 kts
West-Southwest
4.39%
24 °C
Sky clear
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Last update: 05:34 local time / Next update: 11:45 local time/ This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Tuesday, Aug 18

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
244.47°
6
9
0.32%
20
991
36.94°
0.1
5
01h
244.47°
3 m/s
max 5
0.32%
20 °C
991 hPa
36.94°
0.1 m
5 s
04h
257.55°
6
10
0.17%
19
991
35.31°
0.1
4
04h
257.55°
3 m/s
max 5
0.17%
19 °C
991 hPa
35.31°
0.1 m
4 s
07h
246.81°
7
16
94.93%
19
990
34.94°
0.1
4
07h
246.81°
4 m/s
max 8
94.93%
19 °C
990 hPa
34.94°
0.1 m
4 s
10h
247.33°
8
13
4.39%
24
990
318°
0.1
2
10h
247.33°
4 m/s
max 7
4.39%
24 °C
990 hPa
318°
0.1 m
2 s
13h
255.78°
8
12
37.01%
27
990
240.88°
0.1
1
13h
255.78°
4 m/s
max 6
37.01%
27 °C
990 hPa
240.88°
0.1 m
1 s
16h
232.61°
9
12
97.44%
27
988
238.5°
0.1
1
16h
232.61°
5 m/s
max 6
97.44%
27 °C
988 hPa
238.5°
0.1 m
1 s
19h
233.98°
10
18
66.32%
25
987
257°
0.1
1
19h
233.98°
5 m/s
max 9
66.32%
25 °C
987 hPa
257°
0.1 m
1 s
22h
251.52°
9
20
98.87%
Rain
3.2
23
987
266°
0
1
22h
251.52°
5 m/s
max 10
98.87%Rain
3.2 mm
23 °C
987 hPa
266°
0 m
1 s

Wednesday, Aug 19

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
254.19°
9
21
99.95%
Rain
4.5
21
987
284°
0
1
01h
254.19°
5 m/s
max 11
99.95%Rain
4.5 mm
21 °C
987 hPa
284°
0 m
1 s
04h
283.69°
5
11
99.95%
Rain
3.1
20
987
308°
0
1
04h
283.69°
3 m/s
max 6
99.95%Rain
3.1 mm
20 °C
987 hPa
308°
0 m
1 s
07h
279.09°
2
4
76.97%
20
988
346.5°
0.1
1
07h
279.09°
1 m/s
max 2
76.97%
20 °C
988 hPa
346.5°
0.1 m
1 s
10h
1.57°
2
4
99.95%
22
988
24.41°
0.1
2
10h
1.57°
1 m/s
max 2
99.95%
22 °C
988 hPa
24.41°
0.1 m
2 s
13h
37.93°
7
8
98.99%
23
988
34.62°
0.2
4
13h
37.93°
4 m/s
max 4
98.99%
23 °C
988 hPa
34.62°
0.2 m
4 s
16h
39.2°
8
8
99.41%
23
989
37.84°
0.3
5
16h
39.2°
4 m/s
max 4
99.41%
23 °C
989 hPa
37.84°
0.3 m
5 s
19h
51.14°
6
8
99.89%
22
989
37.31°
0.3
4
19h
51.14°
3 m/s
max 4
99.89%
22 °C
989 hPa
37.31°
0.3 m
4 s
22h
49.05°
4
6
2.12%
21
990
35.72°
0.2
4
22h
49.05°
2 m/s
max 3
2.12%
21 °C
990 hPa
35.72°
0.2 m
4 s

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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 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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