Tracking Three Storms with Widespread Impacts this Week

A winter storm will bring snow and some ice to the Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast today while strong thunderstorms will be possible in portions of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Additional heavy mountain snow and gusty winds will continue in the Southwest from a second storm. A third storm will bring heavy coastal rain and mountain snow to California and the Northwest tonight into Friday.
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Tampa Bay, FL Local Forecast Office

4NM NNE Captiva FL

Marine Point Forecast

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Tonight

SSE 11km/h
< 1m
Low: 18 °C
Wednesday

S 18km/h
< 1m
High: 23 °C
Wednesday
Night
NNW 34km/h
< 1m
Low: 15 °C
Thursday

N 37km/h
< 1m
High: 20 °C
Thursday
Night
NNE 29km/h
< 1m
Low: 10 °C
Friday

NNE 24km/h
< 1m
High: 20 °C
Friday
Night
NE 18km/h
< 1m
Low: 13 °C
Saturday

ENE 16km/h
< 1m
High: 22 °C
Saturday
Night
SE 18km/h
< 1m
Low: 17 °C

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 4:58 pm EST Jan 26, 2021
Forecast Valid: 6pm EST Jan 26, 2021-6pm EST Feb 2, 2021

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Detailed Forecast

Synopsis: Warm moist air over the relatively cooler shelf waters will create conditions favorable for sea fog to develop through tonight...with the best chance over the central and northern waters. A cold front will move across the waters Wednesday night with increasing north winds and building seas which will likely create advisory level conditions into Thursday. Winds and seas will begin to subside Thursday night. High pressure will hold over the waters Friday through Sunday with benign conditions expected. A cold front will push across the waters Sunday night with winds and seas again increasing in the wake of the front. Exercise caution levels likely with possible advisory level winds.

Tonight

SSE wind around 11 km/h. Patchy fog. Seas 1 m or less.

Wednesday

SSE wind 14 to 18 km/h becoming SSW in the afternoon. Areas of fog before 1pm. Seas 1 m or less.

Wednesday Night

SSW wind 14 to 24 km/h becoming NNW 24 to 34 km/h after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 km/h. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 m or less.

Thursday

N wind 27 to 37 km/h, with gusts as high as 50 km/h. Sunny. Seas 1 m or less.

Thursday Night

NNE wind 26 to 29 km/h. Mostly clear. Seas 1 m or less.

Friday

NNE wind 14 to 24 km/h. Sunny. Seas 1 m or less.

Friday Night

NE wind 16 to 18 km/h. Clear. Seas 1 m or less.

Saturday

ENE wind 13 to 16 km/h becoming SSE in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 m or less.

Saturday Night

SE wind 10 to 18 km/h. Mostly clear. Seas 1 m 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.