More Snow for the North Central U.S.; Critical Fire Weather Conditions Across the West

Low pressure will bring locally heavy snowfall from the Northern Rockies into the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota through Thursday with well below normal temperatures. Farther east, showers and thunderstorms are expected from the Midwest into the Central Plains. Meanwhile, critical fire weather conditions will prevail in California, the Great Basin, and Southern High Plains.
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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory in effect from October 21, 03:00 PM PDT until October 22, 06:00 PM PDT

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

10NM SSW San Francisco CA

Marine Point Forecast

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Tonight

SSW 6kt
4-5ft

Small Craft Advisory
Thursday

E 9kt
4-5ft

Small Craft Advisory
Thursday
Night
Light Wind
3-4ft
Friday

SSW 10kt
3ft
Friday
Night
SSW 11kt
3ft
Saturday

S 16kt
2-3ft
Saturday
Night
SSW 16kt
3-4ft
Sunday

WNW 7kt
3ft
Sunday
Night
N 13kt
3-4ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 3:03 pm PDT Oct 21, 2020
Forecast Valid: 4pm PDT Oct 21, 2020-6pm PDT Oct 28, 2020

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Detailed Forecast

Synopsis: PZZ500-221015- 231 PM PDT Wed Oct 21 2020 .Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries... Strong gale force winds with occasional storm force gusts possible over the northern coastal waters through late week. This will result in hazardous steep waves. Mixed seas will persist with a moderate northwest swell and longer period southerly swell. $$

Tonight

SSW wind around 6 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt after midnight. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...WNW 5 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 16 seconds. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Thursday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming E 5 to 9 kt in the morning. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 4 to 5 ft at 11 seconds and S 1 ft at 16 seconds. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Thursday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...WNW 3 to 4 ft at 12 seconds and S 1 ft at 16 seconds. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Friday

SSE wind 8 to 10 kt becoming SSW in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Friday Night

SSW wind 8 to 11 kt. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Saturday

S wind 13 to 16 kt. Partly sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Saturday Night

SSW wind 6 to 16 kt becoming W in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

Sunday

SSW wind around 7 kt becoming ENE in the morning. Mostly sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Sunday Night

WNW wind 10 to 13 kt becoming N after midnight. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...NW 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

.....SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST..... IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Seas 4 to 5 ft with a dominant period of 9 to 10 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Seas 6 to 7 ft with dominant swell period of 9 to 10 seconds. Maximum ebb current of 3.7 kt at 07:49 PM Wednesday and 1.4 kt at 10:01 AM Thursday.

*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.