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Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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993 FZUS51 KLWX 012344 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 744 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. ANZ500-020815- 744 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. $$ ANZ535-020815- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely through the night. A chance of tstms. A chance of showers after midnight. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-020815- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 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. $$ ANZ537-020815- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt until early morning. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt...becoming SE 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-020815- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Waves 1 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 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 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. $$ ANZ531-020815- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-020815- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .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. $$ ANZ539-020815- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming W late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-020815- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE late. Waves 1 ft. .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. $$ ANZ540-020815- Eastern Bay- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-020815- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 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. $$ ANZ541-020815- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW late. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-020815- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt this evening. Waves 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. $$ ANZ534-020815- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt until early morning. Waves 2 to 3 ft...subsiding to 1 ft late. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE late. Waves 1 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .WED...SE winds 5 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 3 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-020815- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 744 PM EDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt... becoming NE 5 kt late. 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. $$