Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
201 FNUS71 KLWX 010814 FWSLWX 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