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

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory in effect from January 21, 11:00 AM EST until January 22, 05:00 AM EST

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Baltimore, MD/Washington, D.C. Local Forecast Office

16NM WSW Salisbury MD

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

This Afternoon
S 14kt
1ft
Tonight
S 12kt
1ft
Thursday
SW 10kt
1ft
Thursday Night
Light Wind
< 1ft
Friday
⇑W 6kt
< 1ft
Friday Night
⇑N 15kt
1ft
Saturday
N 13kt
< 1ft
Saturday Night
NNE 12kt
< 1ft
Sunday
NE 12kt
1ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 12:54 pm EST Jan 21, 2026
Forecast Valid: 2pm EST Jan 21, 2026-6pm EST Jan 27, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Afternoon

S wind around 14 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

Tonight

S wind 10 to 12 kt becoming SW after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 kt. Increasing clouds. Seas around 1 ft.

Thursday

SW wind 6 to 10 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.

Thursday Night

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

Friday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W around 6 kt in the afternoon. A slight chance of snow after 1pm. Seas 1 ft or less.

Friday Night

N wind 8 to 11 kt increasing to 12 to 15 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas around 1 ft.

Saturday

N wind 9 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 19 kt. A chance of snow after 1pm. Seas 1 ft or less.

Saturday Night

NNE wind 8 to 12 kt. Snow. Seas 1 ft or less.

Sunday

NE wind 10 to 12 kt, with gusts as high as 18 kt. Snow. Seas around 1 ft.

*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.