Wildfire Smoke and Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Monsoon Thunderstorms in the Southwest
Wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality from the Great Lakes region into New England and the Mid-Atlantic today with widespread Air Quality Alerts in effect. Severe thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, this afternoon into the evening. Monsoonal thunderstorms may bring areas of flooding to the Southwest. 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: 309 PM PDT Sat Jul 18 2026 | |
| Tonight: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds. Sun: W wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds. Sun Night: W wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight. Mon: SW wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. Mon Night: W wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. Tue: NW wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds. Tue Night: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 2 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 10 seconds. Wed: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 10 seconds. Wed Night: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 9 seconds. Thu: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. Thu Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft after midnight. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds. .....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 3 to 5 ft at 15 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 2.2 kt at 08:55 pm saturday and 2.6 kt at 08:58 am sunday. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) | |
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