Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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362 FZUS51 KLWX 201036 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 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. ANZ500-202000- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... High pressure will build over the waters through Tuesday. A strong cold front will approach the waters Wednesday into Thursday. This frontal system will settle south of the area by the end of the work week. Small Craft Advisories may be needed for portions of the waters Wednesday. $$ ANZ535-202000- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .THU...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-202000- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .THU...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ537-202000- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-202000- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .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 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...NW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-202000- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-202000- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ539-202000- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-202000- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-202000- Eastern Bay- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-202000- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-202000- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...NE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-202000- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .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 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ534-202000- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-202000- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 636 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 .TODAY...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming NW late. Waves 1 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM. .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 with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. .FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$