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Spot Forecast for Francis Scott Key Collapse...Anne Arundel County Fire
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
538 AM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on March 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Low clouds between 500 and 1000 feet are expected for much of the
day, along with scattered to numerous rain showers especially
from mid morning onward. Winds will be out of the south east at 5
to 10 mph. Patchy fog is possible this morning, but visibility
likely stays 5 miles or greater outside of showers (visibility may
drop to 3 or 4 miles briefly in showers). Waves will be around or
less than one foot.

Minor tidal flooding is likely along the shore for this morning`s
high tide cycle. Tide levels will gradually decrease through
Thursday. After a lull in rain shower activity this evening, rain
showers likely return overnight into early Thursday morning. Low
clouds will persist, and may lower further overnight tonight.
Winds will become north-northeasterly after midnight tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers. Patchy
                    fog early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 51.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds up to 6 knots.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.

TIME (EDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........98     97     98     96     97     98
Weather cov.....SCTTRD NUMRUS DEFNTE NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............45     45     46     47     48     49
SFC wind (kts)..SE 5   SE 6   SE 6   SE 6   SE 5   SE 4
SFC wnd gst ....7             7      8      6      5
Wave height (ft)0      0      0      0      0      0

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Patchy fog through the
                    night. Numerous rain showers early in the
                    evening. Scattered rain showers in the late
                    evening and overnight, then numerous rain
                    showers after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Surface winds (kts).Light winds becoming northeast around 4 knots
                    overnight, then becoming light overnight
                    becoming northeast around 4 knots early in the
                    morning.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........97     98     98     97     98     99
Weather cov.....NUMRUS NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............49     49     48     48     47     47
SFC wind (kts)..SE 3   E 3    E 3    NE 4   N 3    N 3
SFC wnd gst ....4      4      4                    4
Wave height (ft)0      0      0      0      0      0

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Patchy fog in the
                    morning. Numerous rain showers in the morning
                    and early afternoon. Scattered rain showers
                    late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Surface winds (kts).North winds up to 11 knots.
Wave height.........1 foot.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........100       96        88        83
Weather cov.....NUMRUS    NUMRUS    NUMRUS    SCTTRD
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............47        48        51        53
SFC wind (kts)..N 4G5     NW 6G9    N 10G16   N 11G17
Wave height (ft)0         0         1         1

$$
Forecaster...Hofmann
Requested by...Lt. E. Peterson
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2408442.1/LWX
.DELDT 03/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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