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Chicago, IL  (CHII2)  Harrison-Dever Crib, approx. 2.75 miles offshore

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Conditions at 3:50 pm CDT on 08/24/2019 (DOY 236 20:50 GMT)
(Updated at about 08,23,38,53 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   11.9 kts   (6.1 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   13.8 kts   (7.1 m/s)
Wind Direction:   47° (NE)
Air Temperature:   69.1 °F   (20.6 °C)
Dew Point:   53.2 °F   (11.8 °C)
Relative Humidity:   56.5 %
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
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Webcam Location & Info
[Live Webcam Image from Chicago, IL Met Station Camera 1]
[Live Webcam Image from Chicago, IL Met Station Camera 2]
[Live Webcam Image from Chicago, IL Met Station Camera 3]
6-hr animations: 1  2  3
Previous 48 images (top of hour only): 1  2  3
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Nearby Webcams (external sites):
Webcams of Chicago courtesy of WXYZ Webcams
Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Loop and Lake Michigan courtesy of ABC News

---------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] ----------
YEARDOY CDT Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Dew
Pt
F 		Rel
Hum
%
20192361500 10.5 12.4 15.0 042 68.7 53.5 57.9
20192361400 12.8 14.4 15.2 066 69.1 51.6 53.3
20192361300 11.5 12.4 16.1 088 68.4 50.8 53.0
20192361200 14.4 15.7 17.9 090 68.2 52.3 56.3
20192361100 17.1 18.7 20.0 095 68.0 53.6 59.6
20192361000 18.9 20.8 22.4 103 68.0 53.1 58.5
20192360900 19.1 21.0 22.7 114 68.2 52.8 57.4
20192360800 18.1 20.4 23.3 112 68.0 54.5 61.5
20192360700 20.6 21.8 22.0 132 68.2 58.3 70.2
20192360600 17.7 18.9 21.6 128 67.8 60.3 76.4
20192360500 19.2 21.4 22.4 133 68.5 60.0 73.9
20192360400 18.5 19.4 21.6 119 69.4 56.2 62.4
20192360300 14.0 15.9 21.0 113 70.9 54.5 55.7
20192360200 14.8 15.7 18.9 082 71.1 57.4 61.6
20192360100 14.0 17.3 18.3 068 70.9 58.9 65.3
20192360000 14.6 15.6 17.7 048 70.3 59.5 68.2
20192352300 13.6 15.0 17.3 048 70.0 59.0 67.6
20192352200 12.4 14.0 17.3 048 70.0 59.2 68.3
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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