Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory in effect from August 2, 08:00 PM EDT until August 4, 06:00 AM EDT

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Philadelphia, PA Local Forecast Office

12NM NNE Ocean City MD

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

This Afternoon
High: 80 °F
SSE 15kt
3ft
Tonight
Low: 75 °F
S 15kt
3-4ft

Small Craft Advisory
Monday
High: 79 °F
SSW 15kt
4ft

Small Craft Advisory
Monday Night
Low: 73 °F
SSW 10kt
3ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tuesday
High: 78 °F
ESE 10kt
2-3ft
Tuesday Night
Low: 74 °F
Light Wind
2ft
Wednesday
High: 81 °F
⇑S 10kt
2ft
Wednesday Night
Low: 74 °F
SSW 10kt
2ft
Thursday
High: 82 °F
⇑S 15kt
2-3ft

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 4:08 am EDT Aug 2, 2026
Forecast Valid: 2pm EDT Aug 2, 2026-6pm EDT Aug 8, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE

This Afternoon

SSE wind around 15 kt. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Seas around 3 ft.

Tonight

S wind around 15 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Monday

SSW wind around 15 kt. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 5pm. Seas around 4 ft.

Monday Night

SSW wind 5 to 10 kt becoming WSW after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Seas around 3 ft.

Tuesday

NE wind 5 to 10 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers after 2pm. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Tuesday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers before 8pm. Seas around 2 ft.

Wednesday

S wind 5 to 8 kt increasing to 7 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft.

Wednesday Night

SSW wind around 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.

Thursday

S wind 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 2 to 3 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.