Wet and Cool in the East this Memorial Day Weekend; Well Above Normal Temperatures in the Northern Plains
A wet Memorial Day weekend is in store for the East, with widespread rainfall of 1 to more than 2 inches expected from the Gulf Coast to southern New England. Well above normal temperatures are forecast to build across the northern Plains. Another round of heavy to excessive rainfall is expected to impact the western Gulf Coast this weekend with Flood Watches in effect. 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: 203 PM PDT Sat May 23 2026 | |
| Tonight: S wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog. Sun: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Sun Night: W wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog. Memorial Day: W wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Mon Night: W wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds. Tue: NW wind 20 to 25 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 6 to 9 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds. Tue Night: NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: NW 10 ft at 11 seconds. Wed: NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: NW 9 ft at 12 seconds. Wed Night: NW wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave detail: NW 8 ft at 11 seconds. Thu: W wind 10 to 15 kt, backing to SW in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave detail: NW 7 ft at 11 seconds. Thu Night: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds. .....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 4 to 6 feet at 11 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 1.8 kt at 12:04 am sunday and 1.9 kt at 11:52 am sunday. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) | |
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