Summer Heat Continues; Severe Weather For Northeast

A large ridge of high pressure continues to deliver summer heat w/ humidity in several sections of the country. Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are in effect across the Desert Southwest, southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley and a small part of the Mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are in the forecast for the Northeast into the northern Mid-Atlantic for damaging winds.
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Norton, MA Local Forecast Office

3NM WSW Newport RI

Marine Point Forecast

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Overnight

Light Wind
1ft
Low: 70 °F
Wednesday

SSE 9kt
1ft
High: 77 °F
Wednesday
Night
SSW 12kt
1ft
Low: 72 °F
Thursday

SW 10kt
1ft
High: 84 °F
Thursday
Night
WSW 7kt
1ft
Low: 67 °F
Friday

W 8kt
2ft
High: 76 °F
Friday
Night
NW 8kt
2ft
Low: 63 °F
Saturday

N 8kt
2ft
High: 75 °F
Saturday
Night
NNE 7kt
1ft
Low: 63 °F

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 10:14 pm EDT Aug 20, 2019
Forecast Valid: 12am EDT Aug 21, 2019-6pm EDT Aug 27, 2019

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Detailed Forecast

Synopsis: ANZ200-211515- 1005 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019 .Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters... A warm front will move north Wednesday morning and draw warm and very humid air over the waters. This will bring patchy fog as well as showers and scattered thunderstorms Wednesday through Thursday. A cold front then sweeps across the waters sometime Thursday night into early Friday morning afterwhich dry weather and good vsby follows for Friday into the weekend. For information on possible hazardous weather beyond the 24-36 hour forecast period, please visit www.weather.gov/boston and follow the Current Hazards link above the map on the left. $$

Overnight

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

Wednesday

SSE wind 5 to 9 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog after 5pm. Seas around 1 ft.

Wednesday Night

SSW wind 8 to 12 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 7pm. Seas around 1 ft.

Thursday

SW wind 8 to 10 kt. A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Seas around 1 ft.

Thursday Night

WSW wind around 7 kt becoming NNW after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Seas around 1 ft.

Friday

NNW wind 6 to 8 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft.

Friday Night

WNW wind around 8 kt becoming N after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.

Saturday

N wind 5 to 8 kt becoming NNE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft.

Saturday Night

E wind 5 to 7 kt becoming NNE after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas around 1 ft.

Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.

*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.