Happy early 4th of July weekend, this is Burton with your surf update for Racine County beaches recorded on July the 3rd 2009. Southeast winds at 7 mph with the outside air temperature at a nice 71 degrees under mostly cloudy Wisconsin skies. Waves are flat for today and for the rest off the weekend in to Monday with no major winds kicking us up waves for the Racine area. Winds will be light for today out of the east mainly with the high air temperatures pushing up in to the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies. Tonight we will see a low around 64 degrees with mainly cloudy skies and a good chance of some rain after midnight . Winds will be light tonight out of the SSE and the sun will set at 8:33 p.m this evening. The sunrise this morning was at 5:18 a.m and the water surface temps off of Racine beaches are at a cool 62 degrees. A few thunderstorms along with some moderate showers at times for the 4th of July morning but things will start to clear out by the mid morning hours and we will only see a slight chance for some afternoon showers. Saturdays high air temps will be right around 71 degrees at Racine beaches with winds light out of the SSE. The low air temperature will be right around 62 for Saturday evening with partly cloudy skies. Sunday look for Mostly sunny skies with our temps pushing up in to the mid to upper 70's and winds will be light out of the NW. The low on Sunday night will push down in to the mid 60's with mainly clear skies with only a few passing clouds for time to time. Monday look for a few clouds with mostly sunny conditions and our air temps will only push up in to the low 70's winds light out of the NNW. Well not much for waves it looks like for the next several day but get out and enjoy this beautiful 4th of July weekend and I hope it dose not rain too much at the Racine 4th of July Parade. Thank God for a beautiful Country and especially our freedom. Happy 4th Of July weekend and be safe out there, check for Tuesday morning surf update fro Racine County beaches
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This is Burt with your surf update for Racine County recorded at 10:02 a.m on July the 1st 2009. NNE winds at 12 mph with the outside air temperature at a cool 56 degrees under cloudy and drizzly Wisconsin skies. Wave heights for this morning and going through the day will be in the knee to thigh high range with a few plus set waves up to waist high every once in a while at the standout spots. Surfing conditions overall will be in the poor to fair range with a few little corners to be had out there with a good longboard being you best bet to get a few glides in. Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with some very light rain and our air temperature will struggle to hit the 60 degree mark. Winds will be on the moderate side for today out of the NNW and the for tonight look for a low around 57 degrees with a slight chance for a light rain shower early. Later on this evening we will be left with partly cloudy skies and winds will be light to moderate out of the NW. The sunrise was this a.m at 5:17 a.m and the sun will set tonight at 8:33 p.m. Water surface temps have cooled off a little and are between 60 and 62 degrees off of Racine beaches. Thursday look for warmer conditions with our air temps pushing back up in to the mid 70's at Racine beaches with a mix of sun and clouds and winds will be light out of the NW. Waves for Thursday will be in the knee to thigh high range early with a few plus set waves early but waves will be dropping fast through the morning hours. Surfing conditions for Thursday will be the same as today with poor to fair conditions and again your best bet is to ride a log. The low air temps for Thursday will be right around 63 degrees for Thursday evening. Well some small but fun waves here and there for this last couple of days at the standout spots here in the Racine area so get a few because after Thursday things will start to go flat once again for the holiday weekend and beyond. Have a great Wednesday and Thursday and check for a mid day surf update for Friday afternoon.
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Good Tuesday morning, this is Burt with your surf update recorded at 10:07 a.m on June the 30th 2009. Northwest winds at 12 mph with the outside air temperature at a cool 64 degrees under cloudy conditions at Racine beaches. Waves are unfortunately in the shin to knee high range at the top standout spots with poor conditions for surfing. Waves will be building more going in to the noon hour and in to the afternoon with waves only building up to the thigh high range with some set waves going in to this afternoon up to waist high. Surfing conditions will be a little better this afternoon with poor to fair conditions at Racine Counties standout spots with clean an offshore conditions. Today we will see a slight chance of a rain shower with moderate winds out of the NW. We will see our air temps push up in to the mid to upper 60's with mainly cloudy skies. Tonight look for still moderate winds out of the NW with a better chance for some more rain and conditions will stay on the cloudy skies at Racine beaches. Our low air temps will drop back down to the low 50's for tonight and water surface temps off of Racine are still hanging in between 62 and 64 degrees. The sunrise was at 5:16 and the sun will set at 8:33 p.m this evening. Well not so good for waves for today at the standout spots here in the Racine area with this surfcast really being downgraded. But there will be some fun little waves going in to this afternoon with some clean conditions but like I said nothing over the waist high range at the standout spots. Some little waves more of the same for Wednesday but as it looks like right now it might be even a little smaller. Due to family in town for this week for the holidays I might not be able to do my surf reports as early as I want like today. So bare with me until next Thursday the 9th and get out and enjoy these little summer waves because it is few an far between for waves this time of year.
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Good late afternoon, this is Burt with an 5:11 p.m surf update for Racine County beaches effective on June the 29th 2009. Waves are not as good as expected for this afternoon and going in to this evening at Racine standout spots. Wave heights only up to shin to knee high with still very poor conditions for surfing. Way to much west in most of the winds all up and down this side of the lake with not to much filling in yet at our standout spots here in Racine. And wave heights will barley get up to thigh high before the sun sets. Better luck going in to Tuesday morning with the best bet surfing at the standout spots. Have a good evening and check for an 8:00 a.m surf update on Tuesday morning.
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This is Burton with your surf report for Racine County beaches effective at 11:59 a.m on Monday June the 29th 2009. WNW winds at 14 mph with gusts to 23 mph with the outside air temperature at 72 degrees under partly cloudy skies at Racine beaches. Waves are flat for this morning and going in to the noon hour with mainly strong winds out of the WNW. Winds will be switching though more out of the northwest after 2:00 p.m this afternoon with building waves going in to this late afternoon and into the evening. For this late afternoon and going to the evening it will take a little while for the waves to start building and your best bet would be the Racine County standout spots. By the evening time before the sun sets waves will build up to the thigh to waist high range with a stomach high set wave before things start to get dark. Surfing conditions here in the Racine area at the standout spots will be in the fair to good range with some fun and clean offshore conditions. Today we will see a mix of sun and clouds with moderate to strong winds mainly out of the WNW but like I said winds will be switching more out of the NW going in to this afternoon. We will see our high air temp's push in to the low 70's for today with a slight chance for a rain shower or two. Tonight look for a low air temperature in the low 50's with winds moderate out of the NW with still a slight chance of some rain showers. The sunrise was this morning at 5:16 a.m this morning and the sun will set tonight at 8:33 p.m. Water surface temps off of Racine beaches are at 66 degrees. Well little waves going in to this evening and even looking better going in to Tuesday with more waves out of the NW. Get out and go surf because after Tuesday and Wednesday we will see things start to calm down for a while as far as waves go for the Racine area.
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Good windy Sunday afternoon, this is Burt with your surf update recorded at 1:11 p.m on June the 28th 2009. West winds at 16 mph with stronger gusts to 32 mph with the outside air temperature at 79 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Waves are super flat for today with winds out of the WNW and west pushing the waves over to the other side of Lake Michigan. Very windy conditions for today with winds strong out of the WNW and west with a mix of sun and clouds with a high around 79 degrees at Racine beaches. Tonight look for moderate winds out of the west with mainly clear skies and a low around 63 degrees. The water surface temperatures off of Racine beaches are in between 66 and 70 degrees but will be dropping through today because of these strong west winds. As far as waves go for today an Monday it is looking very small to flat but we could see little waves by late Monday afternoon and going in to the evening at the standout spots here in Racine. It really depends what time the winds want to switch more out of the NW for us to get some waves at the standout spots. The earlier the better the later the worse because it will take some hours for us to start seeing waves at the standout spots. Well cross your fingers because the standout spots here in the Racine area will be pretty much the only place to surf on this side of the lake with the point sticking out as far as it dose. Have a great Sunday an check for Mondays surf report.
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Good Saturday afternoon, this is Burt with your surf update for Racine County beaches effective at 1:00 p.m on June the 27th 2009. ESE winds at 11 mph with the outside air temperature at a nice 75 degrees under mainly sunny skies for Racine beaches. Well waves are not looking good at all for today with waves in the shin high range and under with very poor conditions for surfing here in the Racine area. Today we will see a mix of sun and clouds with our high air temps pushing up in to the mid to upper 70's with winds in the light to moderate range out of the ESE and southeast. Tonight we will see a low around 69 degrees with moderate winds out of the WSW and a good chance for some moderate rain along with some thunderstorms. The sunrise this morning was at 5:15 a.m and the sun will set tonight at 8:35 p.m. Water surface temps off of Racine beaches are at a warm 70 degrees but will be dropping fast with Sundays strong winds out of the WNW. Well not so good for waves today with mainly just light to moderate winds out of the ESE and SE that are not producing very much for waves for us here in the Racine area. And as Sunday comes we will still be on the flat side with strong winds out of the WNW. The next best chance for us to see some waves would be for the late afternoon hours and going in to the evening for Monday night with winds switching more out of the NW. Overall waves will still be on the small side with waves barley getting up to thigh high on the set waves here in the Racine area at the standout spots for Monday evening. Hope it gets a little better then that for Monday afternoon and going in to the evening and we will see as we get a little closer to Monday to see if the winds switch more for the better. Have a great Saturday and check for Sundays surfcast.
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Good beautiful Friday summer morning, this is Burton with your surf update recorded on June the 26th 2009 at 10:19 a.m. NNE winds at 12 mph with the outside air temperature at a nice 75 degrees under mainly clear and sunny Wisconsin skies. Waves are flat to very small for today at Racine beaches with waves staying in the knee high range and under with very poor conditions for surfing here in the Racine area. A very nice an somewhat cooler day in store with winds off of the lake in the light to moderate range out of the NNE and NE. We will see our air temperatures only push in to the mid 70's today with plenty of sun in store. Tonight look for partly cloudy skies with a low around 66 degrees and winds will be light out of the ENE. The sunrise this morning was at 5:15 a.m and the sun will set tonight at 8:34 p.m. Well looks like we could see some small waves up to knee to maybe thigh high on late Saturday afternoon and going in to the evening with moderate winds out of the SSE but its still looking in the poor range for surfing off of Racine beaches. And of right now those waves I was talking about for this next up coming week out of the NW it is looking like way too much west in the winds to produce any good size waves for the Racine area. We will have to see if this changes at all for this next week but as of now its not looking good even at the standout spots for surfing off of Racine beaches any time soon. Have a great Friday and check back for Saturdays surfcast to see if we have any good changes.
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Good Thursday morning, this is Burton with your surf update for Racine County beaches effective on June the 25th 2009 at 11:23 a.m. ESE winds at a light 6 mph with the outside air temperature at a hot 84 degrees under cloudy skies with a few peeks of sun. A record was set here in the Racine area yesterday for the hottest day at 92 degrees breaking the old record of 91 degrees. Waves are flat once again for today with light winds mainly out of the WNW that are not producing any waves for the Racine area. Another hot day at Racine beaches with partly to mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm with some moderate rain showers. We will see our air temp's push up in to the mid 80's again for today and then for this evening we will see a low around 66 degrees with light winds out of the SW and mainly clear skies. 5:14 a.m was the sunrise this morning and the sun will set this evening at 8:34 p.m. Water surface temps have risen pretty fast with these very hot days and are at 64 to 66 degrees off Racine beaches now. Well flat summer like conditions still prevail off of Racine beaches but we might see some small waves out of the NW for this next Monday the 29th of June. But as always things like I have said before can change for the better or the worse and we will have to see when we get a little closer to next Monday. Other then that have a great Thursday and keep cool out there and check for Fridays surfcast.
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Good really hot Wednesday morning, this is Burt with your surf update recorded at 11:05 a.m on June the 24th 2009. Winds are calm with the outside air temperature at a hot 89 degrees under very sunny skies with only a few high clouds in the area. A heat advisory is in effect until 7:00 p.m this evening with very hot temperatures in store for today. Waves are flat,flat,flat for today with just light winds mainly out of the ESE. Today we will see our high air temp's push up in to the upper 80's at Racine beaches with a few passing clouds and a afternoon thunderstorm is possible. A classic summer day today with the best place to be at would be Racine beaches with a cool dip in Lake Michigan to cool you off. Tonight look for light winds out of the west with a better chance for some thunderstorms and some moderate rain showers. 70 degrees will be our warm low air temperature for tonight and the sun will set at 8:34 p.m. The sunrise this morning was at 5:14 a.m and the water surface temperatures off of Racine beaches is rising steadily with temp's at 62 degrees. Still the same old story for the next several days as far as any ridable waves go for the Racine area with our summer doldrums really kicking in. Well lets hope for some fun summer surf in the near future and keep checking back for new updates. Have a good Wednesday and stay cool out there. Burton
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