Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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387 FZUS51 KLWX 052034 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 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. ANZ500-060800- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... A cold front will slowly approach from the Ohio River Valley tonight, then cross the region Saturday. High pressure will briefly follow for Sunday as the front stalls just to the south and east. The high will move offshore early next week as additional weak fronts impinge upon the area. $$ ANZ535-060800- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...N winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-060800- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...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. $$ ANZ537-060800- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW late. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN...NW winds 5 kt...becoming E in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-060800- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...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. $$ ANZ531-060800- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-060800- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE...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. $$ ANZ539-060800- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SUN...NW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-060800- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-060800- Eastern Bay- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NW winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-060800- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN...NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-060800- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN...N winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-060800- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN...NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...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. $$ ANZ534-060800- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 2 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 2 ft. Numerous showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft...building to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-060800- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 434 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. Numerous showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$