Friday's No Salt Surf Report For Racine County Beaches Lake Michigan!
This entry was posted on 1/13/2012 1:21 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Good snowy Friday the 13th, this is burton with your surf update for Racine County beaches effective on January the 13th 2012 at 1:21 p.m. Winds are out of the WNW at 12 mph with gusts to 17 mph and the outside air temperature is at 21 degrees and the windchill is at 9 degrees under cloudy skies. The waves for this morning are out of the NW and wave heights at the sheltered spots are in the chest to shoulder high range with a few head high set waves. Surfing conditions at the sheltered spots here in the Racine area are in the fair to good range with some fun and glassy lefts and rights to be had. Today we will see mainly cloudy skies with a few peaks of sun for the morning hours. Winds for today will be moderate out of the NW and WNW and there will still be a good chance for some more snow showers. The outside air temperatures will only push up only into the low 20's at Racine beaches. Tonight still look for a chance for some snow showers and winds will be light out of the west and skies will remain on the cloudy side. The outside air temperatures for tonight will drop down into the upper single digits at Racine beaches. Saturday look for light winds mainly out of the WSW with still a chance for some light snow showers. Skies will be mostly cloudy on Saturday and the outside air temperatures will struggle to push up into the low 20's at Racine beaches. Saturday night look for light to moderate winds out of the SW and skies will be partly cloudy. The outside air temperatures for Saturday night will drop down into the mid teen's at Racine beaches. Sunday look for a mix of clouds and sun with increasing winds out of the SSW and south going into Sunday afternoon. Sunday look for the outside air temperatures to push up into the low 30's. Sunday night winds will still be moderate to strong out of the SSW and south and look for mostly cloudy skies. The outside air temp's for Sunday night will drop down into the upper 20's. The sunrise was this morning at 7:20 a.m and the sun will set this late afternoon at 4:40 p.m. The water surface temperatures off of Racine beaches on Lake Michigan are at 40 degrees. Well some super fun waves for late yesterday afternoon and for this morning with winds and waves out of the NNW and NW. Waves will be dropping going though the day today so I hope you got your waves in for today. After today's waves thing will start to settle down for the next day or so. The next chance for some waves looks like late on Sunday afternoon or going into this next monday morning with winds and waves out of the south and SSW. There could be some fun little waves up to the stomach high range or a little bigger for this next Monday here in the Racine area. Have a great weekend and check for Monday's next surf update. Here is a picture of a good right from yesterday's late afternoon surf session with Will Wall my best braddah. Happy Surfing The Cold Great Lakes 2012. Burton