Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Wind Point, WI

SHORT TERM
Issued 1251 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

This afternoon through Monday night:

Light rain will linger near the WI/IL border into early afternoon, winding down by mid/late afternoon as a mid-level trough exits to the east. Plenty of clouds will hang around the remainder of the day into Monday between the departing system and the next approaching shortwave from the southwest. Latest guidance shows increasing mid and high level moisture as the wave approaches and then moves through Monday into Monday night.
There is expected to be a lot of dry air in the lower levels though, due to the influence of strong surface high pressure centered near the Ontario/Quebec border. Could see a few sprinkles from Madison westward, but otherwise dry weather is expected tomorrow into tomorrow night. Temps tomorrow will be several degrees below normal given the cooler airmass and expected mostly cloudy skies.

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LONG TERM
Issued 1251 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

Tuesday through Sunday:

Strong high pressure centered just north of the Great Lakes will very gradually shift eastward Tuesday through the end of the week. A cooler and much drier airmass is expected across southern Wisconsin through at least mid-week under the influence of the high and an upper level troughing pattern.
Below normal high and low temps are anticipated through mid- week.

Upper level ridging will attempt to nose into the area from the west later in the week and into the weekend, which should allow temps to return to around normal. Surface high pressure will linger across the Great Lakes into the weekend, which is expected to largely keep conditons dry for southern Wisconsin.

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AVIATION
Issued 1251 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

Light rain will linger near the WI/IL border into early afternoon, winding down by mid/late afternoon. Plenty of clouds will hang around the remainder of the day into Monday between the departing system and the next approaching shortwave from the southwest. Ceilings will likely gradually improve from north to south this afternoon into tonight, with mainly VFR conditions likely by late evening/early tonight. Lower ceilings may return from the south tomorrow though, with improvement possible in the afternoon again. Could see a few sprinkles from Madison westward tomorrow into tomorrow night as the next wave moves through, but otherwise dry weather is expected. Winds today through tomorrow will mainly be from the northeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts 20 to 25 knots at times.

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MARINE
Issued 1251 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

Low pressure around 29.8 inches will move from central Illinois into the Ohio Valley today into Monday. Meanwhile, high pressure around 30.4 inches over western Ontario today will move eastward through Monday, reaching Quebec by Monday night. The high will then largely remain in place into mid-week, while strengthening to around 30.7 inches. Gusty northeast winds are expected today into tonight, becoming east and remaining gusty Monday into Wednesday. A few gale force gusts may occur today into Monday, mainly over southern portions of the lake. Building waves are expected over western portions of the lake today into the middle of the week. Lighter easterly winds should then linger for Thursday into Friday, as the high pressure system slowly moves farther east.

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MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WI
Beach Hazards Statement
WIZ052-WIZ060-WIZ066-WIZ071-WIZ072 until 7 PM Tuesday.

LM
Small Craft Advisory
LMZ643-LMZ644-LMZ645-LMZ646 until 7 PM Tuesday.