Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
631 FLUS41 KLWX 160906 HWOLWX Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 406 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ053>057-527-170915- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- Chester River to Queenstown MD-Eastern Bay- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island-District of Columbia-Cecil-Southern Baltimore- Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert- Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard- Southeast Harford-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria- Stafford-Spotsylvania-King George- Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park- 406 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through central Maryland, northern Virginia, and District of Columbia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Wind Advisory is in effect from the Baltimore MD/Washington DC metro areas until 6 PM. Elsewhere, gusty winds of 35 to 45 mph could result in sporadic wind damage. A Gale Warning is in effect until 6 PM for the middle and upper tidal Potomac River, and the tidal Patapsco and tidal Patuxent Rivers. A Gale Warning is in effect until midnight elsewhere, except for the Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA and the Tangier Sound which is in effect through the night. A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 6 PM south of Baltimore where critical fire weather conditions are expected. From Baltimore through northeast Maryland, brief elevated fire weather conditions are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ MDZ003>006-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501-502-505>508- 526-WVZ050>053-055-170915- Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Northwest Harford-Augusta- Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson- Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun- Eastern Loudoun-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge- Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Northwest Prince William-Hampshire- Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy- 406 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Wind Advisory is in effect until 6 PM along and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, western Loudoun County Virginia, and north- central Maryland. Elsewhere, gusty winds of 35 to 45 mph could result in sporadic wind damage. A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 6 PM for much of the area where critical fire weather conditions are expected. For northern Maryland, brief elevated fire weather conditions are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ MDZ501-502-509-510-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-170915- Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Western Garrett-Eastern Garrett-Western Highland-Eastern Highland- Western Grant-Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral- Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton- 406 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Wind Advisory is in effect for western Grant and western Pendleton Counties through tonight. Elsewhere, a Wind Advisory is in effect until 6 PM. A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 6 PM for eastern Mineral, eastern Grant, eastern Pendleton and Highland Counties where critical fire weather conditions are expected. Elsewhere east of the Allegheny Front, brief elevated fire weather conditions are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday The Wind Advisory for western Grant and western Pendleton Counties is in effect until 10 AM Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ DHOF