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Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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181 FNUS71 KLWX 121131 FWSLWX Spot Forecast for Key Bridge Response...USCG National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 731 AM EDT Sun May 12 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on May 12. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Low ceilings (1,300 to 1,500 feet) should quickly increase between 0800 to 0900. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect this afternoon from 1200-1600 for northwest winds expected to gust to around 20 knots. These elevated winds will be short-lived. Isolated showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two are possible in the afternoon. Will need to monitor for potential lightning. Strong storms are not expected. Winds shift from northwest to more northeast later in the day, then east late this evening. This could bring in another round of lower clouds tonight. Dry conditions expected Monday as winds turn south at around 10 knots. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain showers early in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Rain showers likely in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Max temperature.....Around 64. Min humidity........62 percent. Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds around 5 knots increasing to around 10 knots late in the afternoon. Wave height.........1 foot. CEILING (KFT).......1.3 increasing to 8.5 late in the morning, then decreasing to 4.2 in the afternoon. Visibility..........10. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........73 68 71 74 76 77 77 77 77 74 Weather cov..... SCH CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 20 50 60 60 50 40 40 30 Temp............54 56 57 59 59 60 61 61 62 63 RH..............86 83 77 67 69 67 65 67 65 62 SFC wnd dir.....W NW NW W NW NW NW NW N N SFC wnd spd kts.6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 SFC wnd gst.....9 8 10 12 15 17 18 18 16 15 Wave height (ft)0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ceiling (kft)...1.3 4.0 8.5 8.2 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.9 4.9 5.1 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of rain showers early in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Min temperature.....Around 53. Max humidity........96 percent. Surface winds (kts).North winds 7 to 9 knots shifting to the east 5 to 6 knots early in the evening, then shifting to the southeast around 4 knots late in the evening becoming light overnight becoming south around 4 knots. Wave height.........1 foot. CEILING (KFT).......5.2 increasing to 9.3 early in the evening, then decreasing to 3.0 late. Visibility..........9. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........69 63 58 55 54 54 55 57 61 67 73 77 Weather cov.....CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............62 62 62 59 57 56 55 55 55 54 54 54 RH..............65 65 67 78 83 86 86 90 86 90 90 90 SFC wnd dir.....N NE NE E E E SE N SE SE SE S SFC wnd spd kts.9 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 4 SFC wnd gst.....12 10 8 7 7 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 Wave height (ft)1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ceiling (kft)...5.2 6.1 9.3 9.6 8.0 9.7 9.6 9.1 9.4 6.4 3.5 3.0 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 72. Min humidity........55 percent. Surface winds (kts).South winds up to 11 knots. Wave height.........1 foot. CEILING (KFT).......1.2 in the morning increasing to 16 increasing to 24 in the afternoon. Visibility..........8 increasing to 10 early in the morning. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........78 67 40 28 30 20 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............53 55 59 64 68 71 RH..............96 90 80 67 61 55 SFC wind (kts)..S 4 S 4 S 6 S 7 S 9 S 10 SFC wnd gst ....5 5 9 12 14 Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 1 1 Ceiling (kft)...1.5 1.9 2.8 9.2 21 25 Visibility (sm).9 10 10 10 10 10 $$ Forecaster...Rodriguez Requested by...Jackie Gonzalez Type of request...MARINE .TAG 2413412.0/LWX .DELDT 05/12/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Sitlkeybridgeresponse2024@gmail.com,jpg112122@gmail.com,nws-sterling-wxsupport@noaa.gov