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

26NM WSW Annapolis MD

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

Tonight
SSW 13kt
1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Thursday
W 12kt
1ft
Thursday Night
NW 8kt⇓
1ft
Friday
⇑WNW 12kt
1ft
Friday Night
NNW 16kt
1ft
Saturday
N 12kt
1ft
Saturday Night
ENE 11kt
1ft
Sunday
NE 12kt
1ft
Sunday Night
N 9kt
1ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 3:53 pm EST Jan 21, 2026
Forecast Valid: 6pm EST Jan 21, 2026-6pm EST Jan 28, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

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

Tonight

SSW wind 9 to 13 kt. Cloudy, then gradual clearing toward daybreak. Waves around 1 ft.

Thursday

SSW wind 9 to 12 kt becoming WNW in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 19 kt. Increasing clouds. Waves around 1 ft.

Thursday Night

NW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves around 1 ft.

Friday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 7 to 12 kt in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Waves around 1 ft.

Friday Night

NNW wind 13 to 16 kt. Patchy freezing spray. Mostly cloudy. Waves around 1 ft.

Saturday

N wind 8 to 12 kt. A chance of snow after 1pm. Waves around 1 ft.

Saturday Night

ENE wind 7 to 11 kt. Snow. Patchy freezing spray. Waves around 1 ft.

Sunday

NE wind 10 to 12 kt. Snow. Waves around 1 ft.

Sunday Night

N wind 7 to 9 kt. Snow likely. Waves 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.