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Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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697 FZUS51 KLWX 140534 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 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. Waves flat where waters are iced over. ANZ500-142000- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... A stalled frontal boundary will continue to osciallte across the waters today through Monday. The front will push north of the waters as a warm front Tuesday into Wednesday. A stronger cold front will cross the waters late next week. Daily shower and thunderstorm chances are expected to continue during this time. Marginal small craft conditions are possible late tonight into Sunday morning. $$ ANZ535-142000- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers. .MON...NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-142000- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...NW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .MON...NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW 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. $$ ANZ537-142000- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming N in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-142000- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-142000- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-142000- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .WED...SW 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. $$ ANZ539-142000- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-142000- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...S winds 5 kt...becoming NE in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. A chance of showers. .WED...SW 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. $$ ANZ540-142000- Eastern Bay- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 kt...becoming N in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-142000- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming N in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW 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. $$ ANZ541-142000- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 kt...becoming N in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-142000- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SAT...W winds 5 kt...becoming N late. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW 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. $$ ANZ534-142000- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming N in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers in the morning. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-142000- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 134 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming N late. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers in the morning. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers in the morning. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$