Daily forecast
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Last update: 22:41 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Thursday, Jan 01
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
12 kts
max 17 kts
-9° C
990 hpa
0.6 m
7 s
03h
10 kts
max 14 kts
-10° C
991 hpa
0.5 m
8 s
06h
8 kts
max 11 kts
-11° C
991 hpa
0.4 m
7 s
09h
7 kts
max 9 kts
-10° C
991 hpa
0.3 m
6 s
12h
6 kts
max 8 kts
0.4 mm
-9° C
990 hpa
0.2 m
6 s
15h
6 kts
max 10 kts
-7° C
988 hpa
0.1 m
6 s
18h
6 kts
max 12 kts
-7° C
987 hpa
0.1 m
5 s
21h
7 kts
max 15 kts
-7° C
987 hpa
0.0 m
5 s
Friday, Jan 02
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
8 kts
max 16 kts
-7° C
986 hpa
0.0 m
4 s
03h
8 kts
max 16 kts
-8° C
986 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
06h
8 kts
max 16 kts
-9° C
987 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
09h
8 kts
max 13 kts
-9° C
988 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
12h
7 kts
max 10 kts
-6° C
988 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
15h
7 kts
max 10 kts
-5° C
988 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
18h
8 kts
max 14 kts
-6° C
989 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
21h
8 kts
max 16 kts
-7° C
990 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
Saturday, Jan 03
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
8 kts
max 13 kts
-8° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
03h
7 kts
max 11 kts
-8° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
5 kts
max 7 kts
-8° C
992 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
09h
5 kts
max 6 kts
-7° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
12h
5 kts
max 6 kts
-5° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
15h
4 kts
max 6 kts
-3° C
992 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
18h
5 kts
max 8 kts
-4° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
21h
6 kts
max 13 kts
-5° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
Sunday, Jan 04
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
7 kts
max 14 kts
-5° C
994 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
03h
8 kts
max 15 kts
-6° C
996 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
7 kts
max 13 kts
-7° C
997 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
09h
6 kts
max 9 kts
-6° C
998 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
12h
3 kts
max 4 kts
-4° C
999 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
15h
1 kts
max 3 kts
-3° C
998 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
18h
3 kts
max 5 kts
-3° C
997 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
21h
5 kts
max 9 kts
-2° C
996 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
Monday, Jan 05
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
7 kts
max 13 kts
1.66 mm
-3° C
995 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
03h
8 kts
max 19 kts
-2° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
8 kts
max 22 kts
-1° C
990 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
09h
8 kts
max 20 kts
0° C
990 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
12h
6 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
988 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
15h
4 kts
max 5 kts
2° C
987 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
18h
1 kts
max 2 kts
1° C
988 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
21h
2 kts
max 2 kts
1° C
987 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
Tuesday, Jan 06
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
4 kts
max 4 kts
1° C
986 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
03h
4 kts
max 5 kts
1° C
984 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
06h
6 kts
max 12 kts
1° C
982 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
09h
7 kts
max 21 kts
3° C
981 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
12h
8 kts
max 21 kts
5° C
980 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
15h
6 kts
max 13 kts
5° C
980 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
18h
6 kts
max 13 kts
3° C
982 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
21h
6 kts
max 12 kts
2° C
983 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
Wednesday, Jan 07
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
6 kts
max 10 kts
1° C
984 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
03h
5 kts
max 8 kts
2° C
985 hpa
06h
3 kts
max 3 kts
2° C
985 hpa
09h
3 kts
max 3 kts
3° C
986 hpa
12h
3 kts
max 4 kts
4° C
985 hpa
15h
3 kts
max 3 kts
5° C
985 hpa
18h
2 kts
max 2 kts
4° C
986 hpa
21h
2 kts
max 2 kts
3° C
987 hpa
Thursday, Jan 08
Wind
Weather
00h
1 kts
max 1 kts
3° C
987 hpa
03h
5 kts
max 5 kts
3° C
988 hpa
06h
6 kts
max 8 kts
3° C
990 hpa
09h
6 kts
max 10 kts
3° C
991 hpa
12h
5 kts
max 6 kts
5° C
991 hpa
15h
5 kts
max 7 kts
5° C
989 hpa
18h
6 kts
max 8 kts
4° C
990 hpa
21h
5 kts
max 9 kts
5° C
988 hpa
Friday, Jan 09
Wind
Weather
00h
8 kts
max 23 kts
7° C
985 hpa
03h
10 kts
max 27 kts
5.51 mm
8° C
981 hpa
06h
13 kts
max 30 kts
1.09 mm
11° C
980 hpa
09h
12 kts
max 28 kts
11° C
980 hpa
12h
14 kts
max 28 kts
14° C
978 hpa
15h
17 kts
max 30 kts
14° C
979 hpa
18h
16 kts
max 29 kts
10° C
983 hpa
21h
14 kts
max 26 kts
9° C
985 hpa
Saturday, Jan 10
Wind
Weather
00h
10 kts
max 22 kts
7° C
988 hpa
03h
6 kts
max 15 kts
6° C
990 hpa
06h
4 kts
max 5 kts
4° C
991 hpa
09h
2 kts
max 3 kts
4° C
992 hpa
12h
2 kts
max 2 kts
5° C
992 hpa
15h
4 kts
max 6 kts
0.47 mm
5° C
991 hpa
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General
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
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