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Spot Forecast for Key Bridge Response...USCG
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
414 AM EDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front will move south of the area today. Weak
high pressure will build over the area tonight. A backdoor
cold front will move across the area Thursday night and settle
south of the area over the weekend. A strengthening onshore flow
Friday night will lead to a low cloud overcast and Small Craft
Advisory conditions. Showers return to the area Friday night
and persist through the weekend. However, thunderstorms are not
expected through early next week.

NW Branch Patapsco River at Baltimore MD
MLLW Categories - Minor 3.0 ft, Moderate 5.0 ft, Major 6.0 ft
MHHW Categories - Minor 1.3 ft, Moderate 3.3 ft, Major 4.3 ft

              Total      Total    Departure
  Day/Time    Tide       Tide     from Norm   Waves    Flood
             ft MLLW    ft MHHW       ft       ft      Impact
  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------  --------
  01/01 PM     2.4        0.7        0.8       0.5      None
  02/02 AM     2.1        0.4        0.8       0.5      None
  02/02 PM     2.5        0.8        1.0       0.5      None
  03/03 AM     2.5        0.8        1.1       0.5      None
  03/03 PM     2.5        0.8        1.0       0.5      None




.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds up to 5 knots shifting to the
                    south around 6 knots late in the afternoon.
Wave height.........1 foot.
CEILING (KFT).......19 increasing to 21 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 24 early in the morning
                    decreasing to 6.6 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 24.
Visibility..........9.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........60  44  28  28  28  28  30  31  33  29  26  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............66  66  66  67  70  71  72  73  75  75  76  76
RH..............84  84  81  75  63  59  57  51  48  48  46  46
SFC wnd dir.....NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   SW  SW  S
SFC wnd spd kts.5   4   4   4   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
SFC wnd gst.....6   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7
Wave height (ft)0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ceiling (kft)...19  21  24  24  25  25  25  25  6.6 25  25  24
Visibility (sm).9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Surface winds (kts).South winds up to 5 knots early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming south around 4
                    knots in the late evening and overnight
                    shifting to the southwest.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
CEILING (KFT).......24 decreasing to 12 early in the evening, then
                    increasing to 25 late in the evening decreasing
                    to 10 late in the evening increasing to 25.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........22  21  21  15  10  4   4   5   5   5   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  76  74  71  70  68  67  66  65  64  63  63
RH..............45  46  51  59  61  65  68  73  73  78  81  81
SFC wnd dir.....S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
SFC wnd spd kts.5   4   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SFC wnd gst.....6   5   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wave height (ft)0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ceiling (kft)...24  24  12  25  25  10  25  25  25  25  25  25
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Surface winds (kts).West winds up to 7 knots increasing to 6 to 7
                    knots late in the afternoon.
Wave height.........1 foot.
CEILING (KFT).......25 in the morning and early afternoon.
Visibility..........10 early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........7      9      6      7      13     18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............63     66     71     77     80     81
RH..............81     73     63     50     45     42
SFC wind (kts)..SW 4   W 4    W 5    W 7    W 7    W 7
SFC wnd gst ....5      5      6      8      8      8
Wave height (ft)0      0      0      0      0      1
Ceiling (kft)...25     25     25     25
Visibility (sm).10

$$
Forecaster...Rosa
Requested by...Jackie Gonzalez
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2410490.0/LWX
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Sitlkeybridgeresponse2024@gmail.com,nws-sterling-wxsupport@noaa.gov,jpg112122@gmail.com