Storm Systems Continue to Impact the Pacific Northwest; Lake Effect Snow Continues

A second Pacific cold front will cross the Pacific Northwest Wednesday followed by another atmospheric river. Each of these features will bring additional periods of gusty winds, mountain snow, and heavy to excessive rainfall with renewed flooding. Heavy lake effect snow continues into Tuesday east of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Read More >

Great news for mariners on Lake Michigan!

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue Civil Engineering have launched a new buoy on Lake Michigan near the Winnetka/Wilmette area.

45174 buoy near Wilmette

Here are some of the specifics on the buoy

Lat/Lon: 42.135 -87.655
(or about 4 miles ENE Winnetka)
Site Elevation: 175.5 m
Air Temp Height: 2.75 m above site elevation
Anemometer Height: 2.75 m above site elevation
Barometer Elevation: 2.75 m above mean sea level
Sea Temp Depth: 1.0 m
Water Depth: 14 m
Owned and maintained by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue Civil Engineering

The buoy can be found online at:

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45174

As a reminder, for a detailed marine forecast, you can go to the Great Lakes Portal at:

https://www.weather.gov/greatlakes

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