Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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795 FZUS51 KLWX 220834 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 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. ANZ500-222300- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... High pressure will remain anchored offshore today. A front will remain stationary near the Great Lakes this weekend before passing through the area Monday. High pressure briefly returns to the waters Tuesday before another series of fronts cross midweek. Small Craft Advisories are likely Sunday into Sunday night and possible Monday into Monday night. $$ ANZ535-222300- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-222300- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ537-222300- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .MON...W winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-222300- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-222300- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-222300- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...NW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ539-222300- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...W winds 5 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-222300- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...NW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-222300- Eastern Bay- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-222300- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-222300- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-222300- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ534-222300- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming S in the afternoon. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. .SUN...SW winds 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-222300- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 433 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...SW winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN...S winds 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .MON...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$