Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
500 FNUS71 KLWX 060857 FWSLWX Spot Forecast for Key Bridge Response...USCG National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 457 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on May 06. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Dense fog will be possible at the incident site through mid-morning. There may be a slight chance for a shower early this morning, but dry conditions are expected for much of the day beneath cloudy skies. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will start to increase late in the afternoon and especially into the evening and first half of the overnight. Very heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and gusty winds may be possible in association with any thunderstorms. Patchy fog may also be possible again tonight. Tuesday should start out dry, but chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase again during the afternoon and evening hours. Prevailing winds will be relatively light both today and tomorrow, but brief stronger winds may be possible during thunderstorms. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Areas of dense fog early in the morning. Isolated showers early in the morning. Scattered showers and chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........81 percent. Surface winds (kts).South winds 5 to 6 knots early in the morning becoming light, then becoming southeast up to 5 knots late in the afternoon. Wave height.........Less than 1 foot. CEILING (KFT).......0.3 increasing to 3.2. Visibility..........1 increasing to 5 by late morning, increasing to 10 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........99 99 94 94 94 94 92 90 91 89 90 91 Weather cov.....ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ISO ISO SCT Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 Temp............65 65 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 71 71 72 RH..............97 100 97 97 93 97 93 90 90 87 87 81 SFC wnd dir.....S S N N S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SFC wnd spd kts.6 5 0 0 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 SFC wnd gst.....8 8 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ceiling (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.2 3.4 Visibility (sm).1.8 1.1 .75 .82 1.6 5 7 9 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms through the night. Patchy fog overnight. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Min temperature.....Around 65. Max humidity........97 percent. Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds around 4 knots early in the evening becoming light. Wave height.........Less than 1 foot. CEILING (KFT).......2.8 decreasing to 0.4. Visibility..........8 decreasing to 3 TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........90 89 92 94 96 98 96 96 96 94 93 92 Weather cov.....SCT SCT CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 50 60 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 50 Temp............72 71 71 69 69 68 68 68 67 67 66 66 RH..............84 87 87 93 93 93 93 93 93 93 97 97 SFC wnd dir.....SE SE SE SE S N N N N N N N SFC wnd spd kts.4 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SFC wnd gst..... 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ceiling (kft)...3.2 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 Visibility (sm).10 8 6 6 5 4 4 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.9 3 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........79 percent. Surface winds (kts).Light winds becoming east up to 5 knots in the afternoon. Wave height.........Less than 1 foot. CEILING (KFT).......0.7 increasing to 11. Visibility..........3 increasing to 10. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........91 86 73 68 65 60 Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).50 20 20 30 40 40 Temp............66 66 67 69 70 72 RH..............97 97 93 87 84 79 SFC wind (kts)..N 0 N 0 NE 3 E 3 E 4 E 5 SFC wnd gst ....3 3 5 5 6 6 Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 Ceiling (kft)...0.7 1.4 2.1 4.4 8.1 11 Visibility (sm).3.0 4 8 10 10 10 $$ Forecaster...Pallozzi Requested by...Jackie Gonzalez Type of request...MARINE .TAG 2410497.0/LWX .DELDT 05/06/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL nws-sterling-wxsupport@noaa.gov,Sitlkeybridgeresponse2024@gmail.com,jpg112122@gmail.com