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Any experts in weather, lakes, wind, waves?
I have been monitoring the beach conditions at Illinois Beach State Park and something confuses me.
Today, there is a warning for high waves of 3-5 feet on the National Weather Service. But when I check the Windfinder, it says wave height 0.7. Is Windfinder wrong?
Also what makes the wave period shorter or longer, on Friday it is 2 feet and on Saturday it is 5 feet.
https://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/beachhazards
https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/lake_michigan_waukegan_beach
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are much safer...