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Last update: 11:35 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)

Wednesday, Jan 21

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
246° WSW
15 kts
max 21 kts
99%
-7° C
997 hpa
274° W
0.9 m
6 s
04h
240° WSW
10 kts
max 16 kts
99%
-7° C
994 hpa
273° W
0.7 m
6 s
07h
246° WSW
6 kts
max 10 kts
99%
1.42 mm
-6° C
992 hpa
271° W
0.5 m
5 s
10h
251° WSW
7 kts
max 11 kts
99%
1.36 mm
-6° C
989 hpa
271° W
0.4 m
4 s
13h
260° W
12 kts
max 15 kts
99%
0.86 mm
-5° C
988 hpa
273° W
0.4 m
4 s
16h
252° WSW
15 kts
max 20 kts
99%
-5° C
986 hpa
270° W
0.5 m
4 s
19h
264° W
18 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.69 mm
-5° C
987 hpa
271° W
0.9 m
5 s
22h
279° W
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.41 mm
-5° C
987 hpa
280° W
1.3 m
6 s

Thursday, Jan 22

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
288° WNW
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
-6° C
989 hpa
289° WNW
1.5 m
6 s
04h
284° WNW
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
-7° C
990 hpa
295° WNW
1.8 m
7 s
07h
279° W
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
-10° C
993 hpa
293° WNW
1.9 m
7 s
10h
279° W
20 kts
max 25 kts
98%
-10° C
994 hpa
290° WNW
1.8 m
7 s
13h
265° W
18 kts
max 25 kts
99%
-9° C
995 hpa
287° WNW
1.6 m
7 s
16h
264° W
21 kts
max 28 kts
99%
-8° C
993 hpa
284° WNW
1.4 m
6 s
19h
281° W
22 kts
max 26 kts
99%
-11° C
995 hpa
285° WNW
1.7 m
7 s
22h
297° WNW
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
-14° C
998 hpa
291° WNW
1.8 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 23

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
301° WNW
22 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.51 mm
-18° C
1001 hpa
296° WNW
1.9 m
7 s
04h
305° NW
21 kts
max 23 kts
99%
-18° C
1003 hpa
297° WNW
2.0 m
7 s
07h
310° NW
22 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.45 mm
-17° C
1006 hpa
299° WNW
1.9 m
7 s
10h
306° NW
19 kts
max 20 kts
99%
-17° C
1009 hpa
301° WNW
1.8 m
7 s
13h
308° NW
17 kts
max 19 kts
99%
0.43 mm
-17° C
1011 hpa
302° WNW
1.6 m
6 s
16h
309° NW
15 kts
max 17 kts
99%
-17° C
1013 hpa
304° NW
1.3 m
6 s
19h
306° NW
13 kts
max 15 kts
99%
-16° C
1014 hpa
305° NW
1.1 m
6 s
22h
308° NW
12 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-15° C
1015 hpa
305° NW
1.0 m
5 s

Saturday, Jan 24

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
300° WNW
10 kts
max 11 kts
99%
-15° C
1016 hpa
305° NW
0.8 m
5 s
04h
291° WNW
9 kts
max 11 kts
99%
-15° C
1016 hpa
304° NW
0.7 m
5 s
07h
285° WNW
8 kts
max 10 kts
99%
-15° C
1016 hpa
302° WNW
0.6 m
4 s
10h
280° W
8 kts
max 9 kts
99%
-13° C
1016 hpa
299° WNW
0.5 m
4 s
13h
268° W
8 kts
max 8 kts
99%
-12° C
1015 hpa
294° WNW
0.4 m
4 s
16h
247° WSW
7 kts
max 8 kts
99%
-12° C
1014 hpa
289° WNW
0.3 m
4 s
19h
213° SSW
5 kts
max 8 kts
99%
-14° C
1013 hpa
283° WNW
0.3 m
3 s
22h
194° SSW
7 kts
max 12 kts
99%
-13° C
1011 hpa
274° W
0.2 m
3 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 25

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
189° S
8 kts
max 15 kts
99%
-14° C
1010 hpa
267° W
0.2 m
3 s
04h
227° SW
5 kts
max 12 kts
99%
0.41 mm
-13° C
1009 hpa
266° W
0.2 m
3 s
07h
260° W
4 kts
max 7 kts
99%
-12° C
1008 hpa
268° W
0.2 m
4 s
10h
256° WSW
4 kts
max 6 kts
99%
-12° C
1007 hpa
274° W
0.2 m
4 s
13h
292° WNW
7 kts
max 7 kts
99%
-10° C
1005 hpa
280° W
0.2 m
3 s
16h
306° NW
7 kts
max 8 kts
99%
-10° C
1003 hpa
279° W
0.3 m
3 s
19h
310° NW
6 kts
max 8 kts
99%
-11° C
1003 hpa
275° W
0.4 m
4 s
22h
319° NW
9 kts
max 11 kts
99%
-10° C
1002 hpa
279° W
0.5 m
4 s

Monday, Jan 26

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
310° NW
9 kts
max 11 kts
99%
-10° C
1001 hpa
282° WNW
0.5 m
4 s
04h
302° WNW
10 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-11° C
1001 hpa
284° WNW
0.6 m
4 s
07h
299° WNW
10 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-12° C
1001 hpa
283° WNW
0.7 m
4 s
10h
292° WNW
11 kts
max 12 kts
99%
-11° C
1001 hpa
280° W
0.8 m
5 s
13h
266° W
10 kts
max 12 kts
99%
-10° C
1000 hpa
278° W
0.8 m
5 s
16h
230° SW
13 kts
max 15 kts
85%
-10° C
999 hpa
275° W
0.8 m
5 s
19h
216° SW
16 kts
max 24 kts
99%
-9° C
997 hpa
274° W
0.8 m
6 s
22h
227° SW
22 kts
max 31 kts
94%
-7° C
995 hpa
273° W
0.9 m
6 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)

Tuesday, Jan 27

Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
238° WSW
24 kts
max 31 kts
99%
-5° C
992 hpa
274° W
0.9 m
6 s
04h
262° W
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
-6° C
992 hpa
275° W
0.9 m
6 s
07h
279° W
15 kts
max 20 kts
99%
-6° C
993 hpa
277° W
0.9 m
6 s
10h
283° WNW
13 kts
max 17 kts
77%
-6° C
995 hpa
278° W
0.8 m
5 s
13h
276° W
13 kts
max 17 kts
63%
-5° C
997 hpa
278° W
0.8 m
5 s
16h
274° W
11 kts
max 15 kts
88%
-5° C
997 hpa
19h
274° W
9 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-6° C
998 hpa
22h
280° W
6 kts
max 8 kts
79%
-6° C
998 hpa

Wednesday, Jan 28

Wind
Weather
01h
273° W
4 kts
max 6 kts
71%
-7° C
998 hpa
04h
295° WNW
3 kts
max 5 kts
99%
-9° C
998 hpa
07h
330° NNW
2 kts
max 4 kts
99%
-10° C
998 hpa
10h
324° NW
2 kts
max 3 kts
83%
-7° C
998 hpa
13h
325° NW
6 kts
max 6 kts
91%
-4° C
998 hpa
16h
337° NNW
8 kts
max 8 kts
99%
-4° C
998 hpa
19h
341° NNW
7 kts
max 10 kts
99%
-6° C
999 hpa
22h
346° NNW
8 kts
max 11 kts
99%
0.72 mm
-6° C
999 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)

Thursday, Jan 29

Wind
Weather
01h
343° NNW
7 kts
max 10 kts
99%
0.69 mm
-6° C
999 hpa
04h
328° NNW
10 kts
max 12 kts
99%
0.41 mm
-7° C
1000 hpa
07h
319° NW
11 kts
max 14 kts
99%
-8° C
1001 hpa
10h
318° NW
11 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-8° C
1002 hpa
13h
322° NW
12 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-9° C
1002 hpa
16h
325° NW
12 kts
max 14 kts
99%
0.41 mm
-10° C
1002 hpa
19h
328° NNW
12 kts
max 15 kts
99%
0.61 mm
-10° C
1003 hpa
22h
330° NNW
13 kts
max 15 kts
99%
-10° C
1004 hpa

Friday, Jan 30

Wind
Weather
01h
323° NW
11 kts
max 14 kts
99%
-12° C
1005 hpa
04h
320° NW
10 kts
max 12 kts
99%
-12° C
1005 hpa
07h
325° NW
10 kts
max 13 kts
99%
-12° C
1005 hpa
10h
330° NNW
11 kts
max 12 kts
99%
-10° C
1007 hpa
13h
330° NNW
11 kts
max 11 kts
99%
-10° C
1007 hpa
16h
334° NNW
10 kts
max 10 kts
99%
-10° C
1008 hpa

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This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Lake Michigan / Esch Road Beach in Michigan, 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 12:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM Eastern 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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