Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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975 FZUS51 KLWX 041736 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 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. ANZ500-050800- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... A boundary will remain to the south and west of the waters through tonight before returning as a warm front Sunday into Monday. Another cold front will stall near the waters for the middle and latter portions of next week. Small Craft Advisories may be needed Sunday and Sunday night. $$ ANZ535-050800- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Patchy fog. .MON...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .TUE...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the evening. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-050800- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Patchy fog. .MON...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .TUE...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of tstms through the night. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ537-050800- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of tstms through the night. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-050800- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. Patchy fog. .MON...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-050800- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming S late. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-050800- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...W winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ539-050800- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming S late. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...W winds 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-050800- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-050800- Eastern Bay- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming S late. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-050800- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 kt...becoming SE. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers in the afternoon. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-050800- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers in the afternoon. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-050800- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...S 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. $$ ANZ534-050800- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-050800- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 136 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. .MON...S winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely with a chance of tstms. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers through the night. .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. $$