Fire Weather Concerns for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Severe Weather in the Central Plains
Dry and windy conditions will bring widespread fire weather concerns to the northern/central Plains and portions of the Southwest into the southern Plains. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains today into this weekend. Rain and high elevation snow is expected over parts of the Cascades and Northern Intermountain Region through Saturday. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Last Update: 244 AM PDT Thu May 14 2026 | |
Today: NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: W 7 ft at 9 seconds. Tonight: NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave detail: NW 10 ft at 10 seconds. Fri: NW wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave detail: NW 10 ft at 11 seconds. Fri Night: NW wind 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 10 seconds. Sat: NW wind 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds. Sat Night: NW wind 30 to 40 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Wave detail: NW 14 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Sun: NW wind 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. Sun Night: NW wind 25 to 35 kt, easing to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft after midnight. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 12 seconds. Mon: NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: NW 9 ft at 11 seconds. Mon Night: NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: NW 9 ft at 11 seconds. .....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 5 to 7 feet at 13 seconds. across the bar...swell can be more than twice as high across the bar than surrounding waters. Waves are also more prone to break, particularly during strong ebb currents. Maximum ebb current of 3.7 kt at 02:54 am thursday and 1.6 kt at 03:14 pm thursday. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) | |
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