Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley; Thunderstorms in Eastern Colorado on Thursday
A multiple day heavy rainfall event will begin to set up from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley Thursday, peaking in intensity over the holiday weekend. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across eastern Colorado Thursday afternoon and evening. Large hail will be the primary hazard. 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: 225 AM PDT Thu May 21 2026 |  |
| Today: NW wind around 5 kt, backing to W this afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog early this morning. Tonight: W wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Fri: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Fri Night: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Sat: S wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 11 seconds. Sat Night: SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Sun: SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Sun Night: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Memorial Day: W wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: W 5 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds. Mon Night: W wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds. .....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 3 to 5 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 3.4 kt at 07:45 am thursday and 1.3 kt at 09:50 pm thursday. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) | |
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