Fire Weather Concerns for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Severe Weather in the Central Plains

Dry and windy conditions will bring widespread fire weather concerns to the northern/central Plains and portions of the Southwest into the southern Plains. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains today into this weekend. Rain and high elevation snow is expected over parts of the Cascades and Northern Intermountain Region through Saturday. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Last Update: 244 PM PDT Thu May 14 2026

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

12NM SW San Francisco CA

Marine Zone Forecast

Tonight

NW wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave detail: NW 10 ft at 10 seconds.

Fri

NW wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave detail: NW 10 ft at 11 seconds.

Fri Night

NW wind 25 to 35 kt, becoming 30 to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 10 seconds.

Sat

NW wind 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds.

Sat Night

NW wind 30 to 40 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Wave detail: NW 14 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.

Sun

NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds.

Sun Night

NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt, easing to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft after midnight. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 12 seconds.

Mon

NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: NW 9 ft at 11 seconds.

Mon Night

NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: NW 9 ft at 11 seconds.

Tue

NW wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave detail: NW 8 ft at 11 seconds.

Tue Night

NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

.....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast.....

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 5 to 7 feet at 13 seconds.

across the bar...swell can be more than twice as high across the bar than surrounding waters. Waves are also more prone to break, particularly during strong ebb currents. Maximum ebb current of 1.6 kt at 03:14 pm thursday and 4.3 kt at 03:24 am friday.