Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East
Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket (ANZ255) Issued by: National Weather Service Norton, MA Last Update: 1012 AM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 | |
Today: E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft this afternoon. Wave detail: E 4 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds, becoming SE 5 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds. Patchy fog. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 nm, decreasing to 1 nm or less this afternoon. Tonight: E winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming SW 25 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 8 ft, building to 7 to 9 ft after midnight. Wave detail: E 6 ft at 6 seconds and S 5 ft at 8 seconds, becoming SW 9 ft at 9 seconds and E 5 ft at 7 seconds. Rain, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening with vsby 1 to 3 nm. Fri: SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SE 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: SW 8 ft at 8 seconds and E 4 ft at 7 seconds, becoming SW 5 ft at 8 seconds and E 3 ft at 7 seconds. Rain. Fri Night: E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: SW 4 ft at 7 seconds and E 3 ft at 7 seconds. Rain. Sat: NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, building to 6 to 9 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and SW 4 ft at 8 seconds, becoming SW 6 ft at 7 seconds and E 2 ft at 7 seconds. Rain. Sat Night: W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: SW 9 ft at 8 seconds and W 6 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of rain. Sun: W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Sun Night: W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Mon: W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Mon Night: SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of rain. seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket (ANZ255) | |
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