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Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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914 FZUS51 KLWX 020234 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 Tidal Potomac River and Maryland portion of Chesapeake Bay. Forecasts of wave heights do not include effects of wind direction relative to tidal currents. Expect higher waves when winds are blowing against the tidal flow. ANZ500-020800- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... As a cold front exits to the south, a strong area of high pressure settles over the region through Tuesday. Eventually a warm front approaches from the west before passing to the north on Wednesday. A cold front nears the area by late in the week. This system briefly stalls before lifting northward as a warm front. Small Craft Advisories are possible for portions of the waters Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night. $$ ANZ535-020800- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely through the night. A chance of tstms. A chance of showers after midnight. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-020800- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 kt...becoming SE late. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely through the night. A chance of tstms. A chance of showers after midnight. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ537-020800- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt...becoming SE 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-020800- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-020800- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-020800- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ539-020800- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming W late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-020800- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 3 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-020800- Eastern Bay- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-020800- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-020800- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-020800- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...N winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ534-020800- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE late. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED...SE winds 5 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 3 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-020800- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 1034 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S late. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$