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, 01:00 PM EST until January 22, 07:00 AM EST

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Philadelphia, PA Local Forecast Office

17NM SW Atlantic City NJ

Marine Point Forecast

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Wednesday
High: 42 °F
⇑S 15kt
4ft
Wednesday Night
Low: 39 °F
SW 20kt
4-5ft
Thursday
High: 45 °F
W 15kt
3ft
Thursday Night
Low: 31 °F
Light Wind
2ft
Friday
High: 36 °F
WNW 10kt
2ft
Friday Night
Low: 16 °F
NW 15kt
2-3ft
Saturday
High: 22 °F
N 15kt
2-3ft
Saturday Night
Low: 20 °F
⇑NNE 20kt
2-3ft
Sunday
High: 29 °F
NE 20kt
3-4ft

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 4:10 pm EST Jan 20, 2026
Forecast Valid: 1am EST Jan 21, 2026-6pm EST Jan 27, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

Wednesday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 kt. Sunny. Seas 2 ft building to 4 ft.

Wednesday Night

SW wind 15 to 20 kt, with gusts as high as 25 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

Thursday

W wind 10 to 15 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas around 3 ft.

Thursday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.

Friday

WNW wind 5 to 10 kt. A slight chance of snow before 1pm. Seas around 2 ft.

Friday Night

NW wind around 15 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. A slight chance of snow after 1am. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Saturday

N wind 10 to 15 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. A chance of snow after 1pm. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Saturday Night

NNE wind 10 to 15 kt increasing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Snow. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Sunday

NE wind around 20 kt, with gusts as high as 30 kt. Snow. Seas 3 to 4 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.