Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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158 FZUS51 KLWX 061136 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 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. ANZ500-062000- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... Multiple disturbances will pass through the area over the course of the week bringing showers and thunderstorms. High pressure and drier conditions return for the upcoming weekend. Small Craft Advisories may be needed for portions of the waters during the middle to late part of the week. $$ ANZ535-062000- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of dense fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. .TUE...N winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-062000- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...W winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming NW. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ537-062000- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming 10 kt after midnight. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-062000- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of dense fog this morning. Isolated showers this morning, then a slight chance of tstms with isolated showers this afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. .TUE...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Patchy fog. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...W winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-062000- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Isolated showers this morning, then scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-062000- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Areas of fog this morning. Isolated showers this morning, then scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less this morning. .TONIGHT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. .TUE...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming 10 kt after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ539-062000- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers this morning, then scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. .TUE...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-062000- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Isolated showers this morning, then scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming NW. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-062000- Eastern Bay- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers this morning, then scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming NW. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-062000- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...W winds around 5 kt...becoming SE late. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-062000- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming NW. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-062000- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming 10 kt after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ534-062000- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-062000- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 735 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TODAY...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Areas of fog this morning. Isolated showers this morning, then scattered showers with a chance of tstms this afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM this morning. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming W. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming N after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$