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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory in effect from May 11, 04:00 PM EDT until May 12, 06:00 PM EDT

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Morehead City, NC Local Forecast Office

Morehead City NC

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

Late Afternoon
NNE 15kt
1ft
Tonight
NNE 19kt
1ft
Tuesday
NNE 13kt
1ft
Tuesday Night
E 10kt
1ft
Wednesday
SSE 15kt
1ft
Wednesday Night
S 15kt
1ft
Thursday
W 11kt
1ft
Thursday Night
NNW 8kt
1ft
Friday
W 9kt
1ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 4:33 pm EDT May 11, 2026
Forecast Valid: 5pm EDT May 11, 2026-6pm EDT May 18, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

Late Afternoon

NNE wind around 15 kt, with gusts as high as 23 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas around 1 ft.

Tonight

NNE wind 14 to 19 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 9pm. Seas around 1 ft.

Tuesday

NNE wind 11 to 13 kt becoming ENE in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

Tuesday Night

E wind 8 to 10 kt becoming SE after midnight. Mostly clear. Seas around 1 ft.

Wednesday

SSE wind 10 to 15 kt, with gusts as high as 23 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

Wednesday Night

S wind around 15 kt becoming SW after midnight. A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Seas around 1 ft.

Thursday

W wind 9 to 11 kt, with gusts as high as 17 kt. Showers before 8am. Seas around 1 ft.

Thursday Night

NNW wind around 8 kt. Clear. Seas around 1 ft.

Friday

NNW wind 6 to 9 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

*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.