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Milwaukee, WI  (MLWW3)  43° 00´ 18" N,   87° 53´ 04" W

See Metadata File for full description of instruments and parameters, as well as site maps. See also rtmon status, webcam status
NOTICE: May 20, 2020. The MIL Met Station has a damaged solar controller/battery. Data will be spotty. The deployment and servicing of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab observing buoys and moorings scheduled for spring 2020 has been delayed. We will keep you posted on a new timeframe..

Conditions at 2:54 am CDT on 09/25/2020 (DOY 269 07:54 GMT)
(Updated at about 10,25,40,55 minutes past the hour)
Wind Speed:   4.9 kts   (2.5 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   6.6 kts   (3.4 m/s)
Wind Direction:   216° (SW)
Air Temperature:   64.4 °F   (18.0 °C)
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
         1 Day Windrose Plot, 5 Day Windrose Plot, (explanation)         
[Photo of Milwaukee, WI Met Station]
Note: There is no longer a Webcam at this site.
This image was taken during recent maintenance.

Nearby Webcams (external sites):
S. Milwaukee WI courtesy of LakeVision.com
Milwaukee Harbor courtesy of LakeFrontCam.com
Milwaukee Inner Harbor, courtesy of GLWI

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----- 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
20202690200 5.1 7.0 8.0 211 65.5
20202690100 5.4 7.2 8.0 207 65.7
20202690000 7.0 9.1 9.1 185 65.8
20202682300 6.4 7.8 10.3 184 66.4
20202682200 7.0 8.6 9.7 182 67.1
20202682100 7.8 8.7 9.5 182 68.2
20202682000 10.1 11.9 12.4 171 69.6
20202681900 4.9 5.4 12.8 148 68.4
20202681800 7.4 7.8 8.7 135 67.5
20202681700 9.3 10.7 11.1 126 66.2
20202681600 6.4 8.6 13.2 200 75.7
20202681500 6.8 8.7 12.8 226 75.7
20202681400 10.7 14.4 14.4 212 75.6
20202681300 11.7 14.0 16.9 210 74.5
20202681200 8.2 10.5 17.5 210 73.6
20202681100 7.2 8.9 12.4 238 72.7
20202681000 6.4 8.7 10.9 228 70.2
20202680900 4.5 5.6 9.7 245 65.8
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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These data are also available from NDBC website and NDBC's Dial-a-Buoy Program.
See also NWS Marine Forecast for this area, and NWS Recreational Beach Forecast

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Special thanks to the NWS Forecast Office Milwaukee and the USCG Group Milwaukee


Additional Great Lakes Meteorological Observations

» NWS, Grand Rapids Office: Near-Realtime Marine Weather, includes current conditions and forecasts
» NWS, White Lake Office: Near-Realtime Marine Weather, includes current conditions and forecasts
» NDBC Great Lakes ImageMap showing U.S. and Canadian Buoys and C-MAN Stations
» NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes NOAAPORT Data, includes all station types
» NOAA's NowCoast: Web mapping portal to real-time coastal observations
» Winds courtesy of iWindsurf.com
» NWS Great Lakes Marine Text Forecasts by Zone
» Links to Great Lakes Water Temperature, Wind/Wave Data, & Water Levels
» GLIN: Great Lakes Information Network