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Spot Forecast for Key Bridge Response...USCG
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
500 PM EDT Fri May 10 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on May 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Current radar imagery shows light activity in and around the Key
Bridge Incident. This will yield a light mist or drizzle at times.
For the rest of the afternoon into the evening, scattered to
numerous rain showers will continue to track southeastward across
the area. Any such activity should be light in nature, accompanied
by a seasonably cool temperatures and thick low clouds.

Northeasterly winds persist through the overnight with gusts up to
20 knots at times. Small Craft Advisories remain in effect until
0400 Saturday for this location. Ceilings remain low before
improving before daybreak. For Saturday, winds become lighter in
nature with a shift to more southeasterly winds. Shower chances
appear limited through the first half of Saturday. However,
anticipate renewed shower chances by the early evening hours,
continuing into portions of the night.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Numerous rain showers.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........83 percent.
Surface winds (kts).Northeast winds around 11 knots, gusts to 20 knots.
Wave height.........1 foot.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8.
Visibility..........2.

TIME (EDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........88
Weather cov.....NUM
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70
Temp............52
RH..............93
SFC wnd dir.....NE
SFC wnd spd kts.11
SFC wnd gst.....20
Wave height (ft)1
Ceiling (kft)...0.8
Visibility (sm).2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers early in the evening, then scattered
                    rain showers in the evening. Isolated rain
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Surface winds (kts).Northeast winds 5 to 11 knots, gusts to 16 knots.
Wave height.........1 foot.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8 increasing to 2.5 overnight, then
                    increasing to 5.0 early in the morning.
Visibility..........5 increasing to 10.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........90  93  96  96  96  97  93  89  86  82  78  75
Weather cov.....NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).60  50  50  40  30  30  20  10  10  10  0   0
Temp............52  52  52  51  51  51  51  50  50  50  50  49
RH..............93  93  89  93  93  89  89  93  89  89  89  89
SFC wnd dir.....NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N
SFC wnd spd kts.11  10  10  10  9   9   8   8   7   6   6   5
SFC wnd gst.....19  19  18  18  18  17  16  14  13  12  11  10
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   0
Ceiling (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 5.0
Visibility (sm).5   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Surface winds (kts).North winds up to 5 knots early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southeast up to 7
                    knots in the afternoon.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
CEILING (KFT).......5.0 increasing to 9.0 in the afternoon.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........69     56     58     54     44     49
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      10
Temp............49     51     55     57     61     63
RH..............89     83     72     64     53     50
SFC wind (kts)..N 5    N 5    E 3    E 4    SE 6   SE 7
SFC wnd gst ....10     8      6      6      8      9
Wave height (ft)0      0      0      0      0      0
Ceiling (kft)...5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    9.0    9.0
Visibility (sm).10     10     10     10     10     10

$$
Forecaster...Rubin-Oster
Requested by...Jackie Gonzalez
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2410501.2/LWX
.DELDT 05/10/24
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