Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory in effect from January 20, 07:00 AM CST until January 21, 09:00 AM CST

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Tampa Bay, FL Local Forecast Office

6NM NE Sanibel FL

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

Today
High: 69 °F
NE 15kt
1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tonight
Low: 55 °F
NE 16kt
1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday
High: 74 °F
ENE 13kt
< 1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday Night
Low: 63 °F
NE 10kt
< 1ft
Thursday
High: 75 °F
NE 9kt
< 1ft
Thursday Night
Low: 65 °F
ENE 8kt
< 1ft
Friday
High: 76 °F
ENE 7kt
< 1ft
Friday Night
Low: 66 °F
⇑E 6kt
< 1ft
Saturday
High: 76 °F
S 8kt
< 1ft

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 7:16 am CST Jan 20, 2026
Forecast Valid: 11am CST Jan 20, 2026-6pm CST Jan 26, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

Today

NE wind 13 to 15 kt. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

Tonight

NE wind 14 to 16 kt. Mostly clear. Seas around 1 ft.

Wednesday

ENE wind 10 to 13 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

Wednesday Night

NE wind around 10 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

Thursday

NE wind 7 to 9 kt. A slight chance of showers. Seas 1 ft or less.

Thursday Night

ENE wind around 8 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

Friday

ENE wind 5 to 7 kt becoming WSW in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

Friday Night

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming E around 6 kt after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

Saturday

E wind 6 to 8 kt becoming SSW in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

*Notices:

This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the zone forecast and the NDFD graphics.
The forecast conditions at a particular point may not exceed the criteria of a Small Craft Advisory, Gale, Storm etc. These watches/warnings/advisories are issued for the entire zone in which the point resides and mariners should act accordingly.