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Marine Weather and Tides
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10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome. 10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name. |
| Sunrise 6:27AM | Sunset 5:28PM | Saturday February 23, 2019 9:33 AM EST (14:33 UTC) | Moonrise 11:27PM | Moonset 10:03AM | Illumination 82% |  |
ANZ236 Narragansett Bay- 716 Am Est Sat Feb 23 2019
.gale watch in effect from late Sunday night through late Monday night...
Today..NE winds around 5 kt, becoming S this afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
Tonight..SE winds around 5 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Waves around 2 ft. Rain.
Sun..SE winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain. Vsby 1 nm or less.
Sun night..SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt after midnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft, except 5 to 8 ft at the bay entrance.
Mon..W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft.
Mon night..W winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 40 kt. Waves around 3 ft, except 4 to 7 ft at the bay entrance. A chance of light freezing spray.
Tue..NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of light freezing spray.
Tue night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
Wed..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
Wed night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
.gale watch in effect from late Sunday night through late Monday night...
Today..NE winds around 5 kt, becoming S this afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
Tonight..SE winds around 5 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Waves around 2 ft. Rain.
Sun..SE winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain. Vsby 1 nm or less.
Sun night..SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt after midnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft, except 5 to 8 ft at the bay entrance.
Mon..W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft.
Mon night..W winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 40 kt. Waves around 3 ft, except 4 to 7 ft at the bay entrance. A chance of light freezing spray.
Tue..NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of light freezing spray.
Tue night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
Wed..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
Wed night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
ANZ200 716 Am Est Sat Feb 23 2019
Synopsis for massachusetts and rhode island coastal waters.. High pres moves across the waters though tonight. A warm front will approach the waters on Sun, bringing widespread rain and strong s-se winds. A cold front passes by Mon. Another high pres approaches from the W Tue. For information on possible hazardous weather beyond the 24-36 hour forecast period, please visit www.weather.gov/boston and follow the current hazards link above the map on the left.
Synopsis for massachusetts and rhode island coastal waters.. High pres moves across the waters though tonight. A warm front will approach the waters on Sun, bringing widespread rain and strong s-se winds. A cold front passes by Mon. Another high pres approaches from the W Tue. For information on possible hazardous weather beyond the 24-36 hour forecast period, please visit www.weather.gov/boston and follow the current hazards link above the map on the left.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Taunton, MA
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Area Discussion for - Boston, MA
(on/off) Help NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition| Fxus61 kbox 231145 afdbox area forecast discussion national weather service boston norton ma 645 am est Sat feb 23 2019 Synopsis High pressure over the great lakes builds into new england today, then moves offshore this evening. This will bring a period of dry and seasonably cool weather to the region. Low pressure then tracks along the coast Sunday with a wind-swept rain, except freezing rain ice for the interior Sunday morning. Strong to damaging winds develop Sunday night, peaking around Monday, then gradually diminishing into Tuesday. A mostly quiet week thereafter, watching a potential storm for next weekend. Near term until 6 pm this evening 645 am update... forecast on track. Adjusted temperatures down a bit to account for more radiative cooling over the northern portions of forecast areas where high clouds were less widespread. Satellite showes cirrus clouds continuing to spill over the ridge ahead of tonights system... These should continue through the day; better chance for clouds over the southern portion of the cwa, with more clearing likely to the north. Previous discussion... high pressure moving across southern new england today will result in rather light winds. Other than some higher level clouds at times, dry weather will continue. Near normal high temperatures. Short term 6 pm this evening through 6 pm Sunday Looking at another round of wintry mess late tonight into Sunday. The biggest threat will be from freezing rain, although there could be some light snow or sleet at times, too. Have posted a winter weather advisory where we have the greatest confidence in light icing. Most areas should see up to a tenth inch of icing, but could see up to two tenths towards NW ma, where icing should persist longer. It's possible this advisory could be expanded, should confidence in freezing rain increase farther south and east. Eventually warm air will win out, transitioning all precipitation to simple rain across all of southern new england. This rain should then persist though most of Sunday morning, then gradually end from SW to NE during Sunday afternoon. Winds increase late tonight into Sunday as a secondary low pressure passes by. Gusty winds should be confined to the immediate coast, including the CAPE and islands, through Sunday. With lots of clouds and an increasing SE to SW flow, temperatures should remain above normal through this period. Long term Sunday night through Friday * highlights ... - strong, damaging winds starting Sun night, peaking mon - low confidence in wet weather potential mid week & next weekend Sunday night through Tuesday... strong and potentially damaging winds move in starting Sunday night, peaking during the day Monday, and diminishing through the day Tuesday. As the low strengthens over southeast canada it drags a cold front through southern new england late Sunday as the mid level trough and cold pool moves overhead. Post- frontal winds turn out of the wnw and begin to increase as the pressure gradient tightens on the back side of the low. Between the deepening low and incoming high pressure this gradient tightens bringing sustained winds up mainly after midnight and peaking Monday afternoon 25-35 mph. At the same time good caa aloft will promote very efficient mixing up to 700-800 mb depending on the guidance. Either way model soundings indicate potential for damaging wind gusts to mix down from a 55-60 kt 850mb jet. Expecting fairly widespread wind advisory criteria with gusts of 50-55 mph. Certainly possible we could reach high wind warning criteria in the berkshires and along the coastline with gusts approaching 60 mph. A gale watch is in effect over the waters, but it may well be upgraded to a storm watch soon. Potential impacts include power outages and downed limbs trees. After Monday afternoon evening winds decrease through the night into Tuesday but will still be gusty given continued efficient mixing; likely we'll see gusts 35-40 mph through Tuesday afternoon. High temperatures drop ~10 f on Tuesday, into the upper 20s which, with gusty winds will feel like teens to single digits. Wednesday through Friday... mid level flow remains rather zonal across the CONUS for much of late week. While models show little agreement in details beyond Friday, no very big or impactful storms are likely. High pressure crests on or about Wednesday with dry weather persisting. Beyond that the GFS brings a weak clipper-like system through Wednesday night while the ec keeps any wet systems out of sne through the rest of the week, so trending the forecast to a drier eps solution. Focus then shifts to late next weekend and another potential wet system. Aviation 12z Saturday through Wednesday Forecaster confidence levels... low - less than 30 percent. |
Moderate - 30 to 60 percent. High - greater than 60 percent. Short term through Sunday ... High confidence. Today...VFR. Light NW winds becoming variable during the morning as high pres moves overhead. Tonight...VFR with dry weather through this evening, then becoming MVFR with precipitation after midnight from west to east. Mainly rain, except for a period of wintry mix across the interior. Llws likely toward 12z Sunday morning along the south coast, including CAPE cod and islands. Sunday... MVFR ifr conditions. Windy with areas of gusts up to 30 kt. Ra ending, with some fzra possible in the early morning across the interior. Llws likely. Kbos terminal... High confidence in taf. Kbdl terminal... High confidence in taf. Outlook Sunday night through Wednesday ... Sunday night:VFR. Strong winds with gusts up to 45 kt. Slight chance ra. Monday:VFR. Strong winds with gusts up to 50 kt. Monday night:VFR. Strong winds with gusts up to 45 kt. Tuesday:VFR. Windy with gusts up to 35 kt. Tuesday night:VFR. Windy with gusts up to 30 kt. Wednesday:VFR. Breezy. Marine Forecaster confidence levels... low - less than 30 percent. Moderate - 30 to 60 percent. High - greater than 60 percent. Short term through Sunday ... High confidence. High pressure builds across the waters today, then moves east of the waters tonight. SE winds increase as a secondary low pressure moves across southern new england on Sunday. Vsby lowering in rain late tonight through Sunday morning. Some improvement in visibility in the afternoon, although winds likely to remain gusty. Could see gale force gusts across the eastern coastal waters Sunday. Outlook Sunday night through Wednesday ... Sunday night: moderate risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 45 kt. Rough seas up to 15 ft. Monday: moderate risk for storm force winds with gusts up to 50 kt. Rough seas up to 17 ft. Monday night: moderate risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 45 kt. Rough seas up to 15 ft. Chance of freezing spray. Tuesday: moderate risk for gale force winds with gusts up to 35 kt. Rough seas up to 11 ft. Chance of freezing spray. Tuesday night: moderate risk for small craft advisory winds with gusts up to 30 kt. Areas of rough seas. Chance of freezing spray, slight chance of snow. Wednesday: low risk for small craft advisory winds with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas locally approaching 5 ft. Chance of freezing spray, slight chance of snow. Box watches warnings advisories Ct... None. Ma... Winter weather advisory from 1 am to 6 am est Sunday for maz010>012. Winter weather advisory from 1 am to 9 am est Sunday for maz004-005-008-009-026. High wind watch from Sunday evening through Monday evening for maz002-008-009. Winter weather advisory from 1 am to 11 am est Sunday for maz002-003. Ri... None. Marine... Storm watch from late Sunday night through Monday evening for anz231>235-237-254>256. Gale watch from late Sunday night through late Monday night for anz230-236. Storm watch from Monday morning through late Monday night for anz250-251. Synopsis... Belk bw near term... Belk bw short term... Belk long term... Bw aviation... Belk bw marine... Belk bw |
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
| FRVM3 - 8447386 - Fall River, MA | 13 mi | 40 min | 32°F | 42°F | ||||
| BLTM3 - 8447387 - Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA | 13 mi | 40 min | NE 6 G 7 | 33°F | 1033 hPa | |||
| FRXM3 | 13 mi | 40 min | 32°F | 20°F | ||||
| PVDR1 | 16 mi | 40 min | N 6 G 7 | 33°F | 1033.1 hPa | 19°F | ||
| CPTR1 - 8452944 - Conimicut Light, RI | 17 mi | 40 min | N 6 G 7 | 33°F | 38°F | 1033 hPa | ||
| FOXR1 - 8454000 - Providence, RI | 17 mi | 40 min | ENE 2.9 G 7 | 34°F | 37°F | 1032.5 hPa | ||
| NAXR1 - Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI | 21 mi | 109 min | NNE 9.9 | 32°F | 1033 hPa | 22°F | ||
| PTCR1 - 8452951 - Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI | 21 mi | 40 min | NE 7 G 9.9 | 33°F | 1033 hPa | |||
| QPTR1 - 8454049 - Quonset Point, RI | 26 mi | 40 min | N 6 G 8 | 32°F | 38°F | 1033.2 hPa | ||
| NWPR1 - 8452660 - Newport, RI | 29 mi | 40 min | N 7 G 12 | 33°F | 36°F | 1032.8 hPa | ||
| BHBM3 - 8443970 - Boston, MA | 33 mi | 40 min | 32°F | 1032.9 hPa | ||||
| BZBM3 - 8447930 - Woods Hole, MA | 33 mi | 40 min | 33°F | 36°F | 1032.4 hPa | |||
| BUZM3 - Buzzards Bay, MA | 34 mi | 34 min | NNE 9.9 G 11 | 32°F | 1033.1 hPa (+0.4) | |||
| WAXM3 - Waquoit Bay Reserve, MA | 37 mi | 109 min | WNW 5.1 | 30°F | 1033 hPa | 22°F | ||
| 44013 - BOSTON 16 NM East of Boston, MA | 40 mi | 44 min | N 9.7 G 12 | 32°F | 39°F | 3 ft | 1032.8 hPa (+1.0) | 23°F |
| 44090 | 41 mi | 34 min | 36°F | 2 ft |
Wind History for Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | |
| Last 24hr | NW G13 | NW G10 | NW G17 | NW G14 | W G10 | N G11 | NW | N | N | N | NW | N | NW | -- | -- | NW | N | N | N | NE | N | N | N | NE |
| 1 day ago | NW | W | W | SW | NW G15 | W G17 | NW G13 | W | NW G12 | W G20 | W | W G15 | NW | W | W | SW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | NW G11 |
| 2 days ago | W | W | SW | SW | NW | SW | S | S | S | SE | E | SE | E | E G12 | E G13 | E | E | SE G8 | SE | NE | NE | N | NW G13 | NW |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Taunton, Taunton Municipal Airport, MA | 4 mi | 42 min | N 0 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 33°F | 21°F | 61% | 1032.6 hPa |
| New Bedford, New Bedford Regional Airport, MA | 15 mi | 41 min | N 5 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 32°F | 21°F | 66% | 1032.5 hPa |
| Pawtucket, North Central State Airport, RI | 16 mi | 38 min | NNE 8 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 29°F | 19°F | 66% | 1027.1 hPa |
| Providence, Theodore Francis Green State Airport, RI | 20 mi | 43 min | NNE 5 | 10.00 mi | Overcast | 33°F | 19°F | 56% | 1032.9 hPa |
| Plymouth, Plymouth Municipal Airport, MA | 20 mi | 42 min | NNE 6 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 32°F | 21°F | 66% | 1032.7 hPa |
| Norwood, Norwood Memorial Airport, MA | 22 mi | 41 min | NNW 4 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 34°F | 19°F | 54% | 1032.8 hPa |
| East Milton, MA | 23 mi | 98 min | N 8 | mi | 26°F | 17°F | 69% | 1033.3 hPa | |
Wind History from TAN (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | N | Calm | N | NW | N | NW | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | ||
| 1 day ago | W | W | NW | NW G17 | NW G16 | NW | W | W | NW | W | W | Calm | SE | W | W | W | W | SW | W | W | Calm | Calm | ||
| 2 days ago | NW | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | SW | SE | SE | SE | SE | E | E | E | E | SE G15 | Calm | N | N | NW |
Tide / Current Tables for Taunton, Taunton River, Massachusetts
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Sat -- 06:24 AM EST -0.53 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 06:29 AM EST Sunrise
Sat -- 09:03 AM EST Moonset
Sat -- 11:42 AM EST 3.10 feet High Tide
Sat -- 05:27 PM EST Sunset
Sat -- 06:40 PM EST -0.41 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 10:26 PM EST Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Sat -- 06:24 AM EST -0.53 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 06:29 AM EST Sunrise
Sat -- 09:03 AM EST Moonset
Sat -- 11:42 AM EST 3.10 feet High Tide
Sat -- 05:27 PM EST Sunset
Sat -- 06:40 PM EST -0.41 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 10:26 PM EST Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
| 12 am | 1 am | 2 am | 3 am | 4 am | 5 am | 6 am | 7 am | 8 am | 9 am | 10 am | 11 am | 12 pm | 1 pm | 2 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm | 8 pm | 9 pm | 10 pm | 11 pm |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | -0 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
Tide / Current Tables for Fall River, Massachusetts
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Sat -- 04:32 AM EST -0.84 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 06:28 AM EST Sunrise
Sat -- 09:03 AM EST Moonset
Sat -- 11:04 AM EST 4.95 feet High Tide
Sat -- 04:48 PM EST -0.65 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 05:27 PM EST Sunset
Sat -- 10:26 PM EST Moonrise
Sat -- 11:30 PM EST 5.14 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Sat -- 04:32 AM EST -0.84 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 06:28 AM EST Sunrise
Sat -- 09:03 AM EST Moonset
Sat -- 11:04 AM EST 4.95 feet High Tide
Sat -- 04:48 PM EST -0.65 feet Low Tide
Sat -- 05:27 PM EST Sunset
Sat -- 10:26 PM EST Moonrise
Sat -- 11:30 PM EST 5.14 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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| 4.5 | 3 | 1.3 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5 |
Weather Map and Satellite Images
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