Tracking Areas of Fire Weather, Winter Weather, and Severe Weather Thursday

Continuation of gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring additional periods of critical fire weather to the southern Plains Thursday and Friday. Another Pacific storm will continue gusty winds and heavy snow over the western mountains into Thursday. Severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the middle Mississippi into lower Ohio Valleys Thursday afternoon into early evening. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Gale Warning in effect from February 19, 03:00 AM PST until February 19, 09:00 PM PST

Last Update: 247 AM PST Thu Feb 19 2026

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

12NM SW San Francisco CA

Marine Zone Forecast

Today

NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft, building to 10 to 14 ft this afternoon. Wave detail: W 13 ft at 11 seconds. Rain likely early this morning, then a chance of rain late this morning. A slight chance of rain early this afternoon.

Tonight

NW wind 25 to 30 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft after midnight. Wave detail: W 13 ft at 11 seconds.

Fri

N wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave detail: NW 8 ft at 11 seconds.

Fri Night

SE wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 5 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight.

Sat

SE wind 20 to 25 kt, becoming S 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: S 6 ft at 9 seconds and W 4 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of rain.

Sat Night

S wind 30 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave detail: S 8 ft at 9 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.

Sun

SE wind 30 to 35 kt, veering to S 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave detail: S 9 ft at 9 seconds. Rain likely.

Sun Night

S wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave detail: S 8 ft at 9 seconds and W 4 ft at 11 seconds. Rain likely, mainly in the evening.

Mon

SE wind 20 to 25 kt, becoming S 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave detail: S 6 ft at 8 seconds and W 5 ft at 11 seconds. Rain.

Mon Night

S wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: SW 5 ft at 10 seconds and W 5 ft at 11 seconds. Rain.

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

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 5 to 7 feet with two wave systems at 7 and 14 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 2.7 kt at 05:26 am thursday and 2.9 kt at 05:39 pm thursday.