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

3NM S Port Charlotte FL

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

Today
High: 67 °F
NE 13kt
< 1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tonight
Low: 51 °F
NNE 14kt
< 1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday
High: 73 °F
NNE 11kt
< 1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday Night
Low: 61 °F
NE 9kt
< 1ft
Thursday
High: 74 °F
NE 8kt
< 1ft
Thursday Night
Low: 63 °F
ENE 8kt
< 1ft
Friday
High: 77 °F
ENE 6kt⇓
< 1ft
Friday Night
Low: 64 °F
Light Wind
< 1ft
Saturday
High: 77 °F
⇑SSW 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: 9am 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 10 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 19 kt. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

Tonight

NNE wind 11 to 14 kt. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.

Wednesday

NNE wind 9 to 11 kt becoming E in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

Wednesday Night

NE wind 7 to 9 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

Thursday

NE wind 6 to 8 kt. A slight chance of showers. Seas 1 ft or less.

Thursday Night

ENE wind 5 to 8 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

Friday

ENE wind around 6 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

Friday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

Saturday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SSW 5 to 8 kt in the morning. Mostly 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.