Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Cuthbert, GA

NEAR TERM
(Through Saturday)
Issued at 243 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

A ridge of high pressure will begin to flatten out tonight, transitioning us to into more zonal flow pattern as a weak shortwave passes to our north. This will bring a slight chance for some showers tomorrow afternoon over our northern most counties. The rest of us can still expect another hot sunny day with highs around the mid 90s.

Tonight, there is the chance for some patchy fog in areas where the winds drop off, with lows staying in the upper 60s to lower 70s.

SHORT TERM
(Saturday night through Sunday night)
Issued at 243 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

Ongoing showers and thunderstorms Saturday evening will gradually diminish in coverage through the overnight hours and into Sunday morning with loss of daytime heating. A few showers could stick around overnight given the frontal boundary and weak support aloft into Sunday morning. With a flattening ridge, another approaching shortwave trough, and the residual frontal boundary, another round of isolated to scattered showers and storms is possible on Sunday afternoon. Given appreciable shear, any storms that can become strong do have a low-end chance to be severe. Main concerns would be a hail and damaging wind threat. The best rain chances will remained confined to the very northern portions of the forecast area across southeast Alabama and east- northeast towards Albany and points north.

As for temperatures, no relief is expected with afternoon highs still well into the low to mid 90s.

LONG TERM
(Monday through Thursday)
Issued at 243 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

Guidance is in good agreement on a hot and mostly dry pattern continuing through much of the upcoming week. The brief rain chances that occurred over the weekend quickly disappear out of the forecast as upper level ridging redevelops on Monday and Tuesday. This will allow high temperatures to easily hit the mid 90s most afternoons until Wednesday or Thursday when another frontal system moves in. This front should give most of the area a chance at scattered thunderstorms, but with the progressive nature of the pattern and no significant rainfall amounts, relief from the heat appears brief and short lived.

AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 120 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025

Patchy stratus is beginning to develop around DHN, ECP, and TLH with MVFR to IFR cigs being reported at surrounding sites.
Generally expect stratus to spread across the area through the night with mainly MVFR cigs. The stratus will dissipate around 14-15z with VFR conditions thereafter. Isolated TSRA will try to sink southward toward DHN and ABY late this afternoon into the evening, and have included PROB30 groups for these terminals.
Generally SW winds around 7-10 kt with gusts of 15-20 kt possible through the period.

MARINE
Issued at 243 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

High pressure over the western Atlantic nosing into the eastern Gulf will result in predominantly light southwesterly winds for the next several days. Seas will be around 2 to 3 feet each day with no significant marine impacts anticipated.

FIRE WEATHER
Issued at 243 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

High dispersions are expected across most inland areas over the next couple of days thanks to southwesterly transport winds around 10-20 mph and high mixing heights near 5,000 feet each afternoon.
Closer to the coast, dispersions will still be good each day. The main concern will be the heat with temperatures in the mid-90s during the afternoon with heat index values in the upper 90s to near 100. A few isolated storms are possible Saturday and Sunday afternoons, mainly north of a line from Dothan to Albany.

HYDROLOGY
Issued at 243 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

No hydrological concerns will are expected through the next 7 to 10 days.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Spotter activation is not requested. However, spotters are always encouraged to safely report significant weather conditions when they occur by calling the office or tweeting us @NWSTallahassee.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Tallahassee 96 71 95 68 / 0 0 10 0 Panama City 85 73 85 71 / 0 0 0 0 Dothan 93 71 92 68 / 30 10 20 0 Albany 94 72 94 68 / 20 10 30 0 Valdosta 96 71 96 69 / 0 0 20 0 Cross City 90 68 91 66 / 0 0 0 0 Apalachicola 84 72 84 71 / 0 0 0 0

TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...High Rip Current Risk until 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ early this morning for FLZ108-112-114.

GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...High Rip Current Risk until 4 AM CDT early this morning for GMZ735.