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Marine Weather and Tides
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| Sunrise 6:31AM | Sunset 6:10PM | Friday March 5, 2021 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC) | Moonrise 12:24AM | Moonset 10:46AM | Illumination 54% |  |
AMZ250 Coastal Waters From Surf City To Cape Fear Nc Out 20 Nm- 1256 Pm Est Fri Mar 5 2021
This afternoon..N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Tonight..N winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Sat..N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming nw 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Sat night..NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft.
Sun..N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Sun night..N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Mon..N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming sw 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Tue..S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
This afternoon..N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Tonight..N winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Sat..N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming nw 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Sat night..NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft.
Sun..N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Sun night..N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Mon..N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming sw 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Tue..S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
AMZ200 1256 Pm Est Fri Mar 5 2021
Synopsis for coastal waters from surf city north carolina to south santee river south carolina out to 20 nautical miles.. High pressure will build in from the northwest this weekend, finally reaching the carolinas on Monday. Light southerly winds will develop behind the high by Tuesday.
Synopsis for coastal waters from surf city north carolina to south santee river south carolina out to 20 nautical miles.. High pressure will build in from the northwest this weekend, finally reaching the carolinas on Monday. Light southerly winds will develop behind the high by Tuesday.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Surf City, NC
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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 251 PM EST Fri Mar 5 2021
SYNOPSIS. A dry cold front brings cooler through the weekend and into Monday. As this high moves off the coast a warming trend will ensue around the middle of the week.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/. High pressure will dominate the surface pattern through Saturday night. The high, over central Canada, will continue building south through the OH Valley into next week. The only semblance of weather will be a shortwave crossing southern GA and northern FL tonight into Sat. The 5h trough over the East Coast is strong enough to keep the shortwave and the bulk of its moisture suppressed south of the local area. Forecast soundings do show an increase in moisture above 9k with the wave passing south and an increase in mid and upper level cloud cover is anticipated overnight and for the first half of Sat. Moisture aloft shifts southeast later Sat with afternoon skies clearing from northwest to southeast with clear skies expected Sat night.
Increasing cloud cover tonight will help offset the impact of light winds and dry boundary layer conditions. Lows will end up below climo, but not as low as they could be. Highs Sat will again run below climo, with temps in the mid to upper 50s in most areas. Clouds in the morning will gave way to patches of sun by late morning with increasing afternoon sunshine. Light winds and clear skies Sat night will allow for excellent radiational cooling with lows potentially into the upper 20s in typical cold spots.
SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/. Deep layer north-northwesterly flow in place on Sunday as strong mid level trough axis swings through. Surface gradient will remain rather weak, the end result a sunny but very cool afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s some 10 degrees below climatology as will be the lows near 30. The mid level system swings decidedly off the coast by Monday but the surface high remains directly overhead as do higher heights in the entire boundary layer. This will lead to shallow mixing and a similarly cool afternoon as the low level thermal recovery is inhibited from being realized at the surface (the few added degrees a function of solar modification rather than advection).
LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/. Tuesday afternoon warms back up to climatological norms as high pressure starts to slide off the coast. Even warmer values are slated for Wednesday as the center of the high moves even farther east, though an extension of ridging into the Carolinas will prevent what would've ended up even larger deviations from climo. As this setup largely remains unchanged Thursday into Friday temperatures will continue to climb as the airmass is modified by ample sunshine, the continued ridging from the northeast preventing strong warm advection.
AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. VFR. Slightly breezy north winds this afternoon will go calm tonight. High clouds move in this evening from the west, thickening overnight. Ceiling heights expected to remain 60 kft or higher, with ceilings less than 100 kft mostly across NE SC tomorrow.
Extended Outlook . VFR with mostly clear skies Saturday evening through Tuesday.
MARINE. Through Saturday night: High pressure centered northwest of the area will maintain northeast flow across the waters through Sat night. Gradient will support 10 to 15 kt with occasional periods of solid 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft with an occasional 4 ft overnight will diminish to around 2 ft by Sat evening/night.
Sunday through Wednesday . Slow moving high pressure will be the dominant wind and wave maker through the period. Early on as the center of the ridge progresses east while remaining to our north winds will be out of the north. As the center makes its closest approach on Tuesday winds will become light and quite variable allowing east to fall to 2 ft, maybe less. A light southerly flow will become established later in the day that will last into Wednesday in response to both the high moving offshore as well as it extending a ridge axis of higher pressures/lower wind speeds into the Carolinas.
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. SC . None. NC . None. MARINE . None.
SYNOPSIS . ILM NEAR TERM . III SHORT TERM . mbB LONG TERM . mbB AVIATION . MARINE .
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 |
| JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC | 22 mi | 44 min | NNW 8.9 G 13 | 51°F | 54°F | 1017.1 hPa | ||
| 41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC | 24 mi | 54 min | ENE 3.9 G 7.8 | 52°F | 1017.5 hPa | |||
| 41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC | 24 mi | 25 min | 55°F | 3 ft | ||||
| MBNN7 | 26 mi | 32 min | NNW 6 G 12 | 55°F | ||||
| NOXN7 - North Carolina Reserve, NC | 28 mi | 77 min | N 2.9 | 55°F | 26°F | |||
| WLON7 | 29 mi | 44 min | 57°F | 54°F | 1017.7 hPa | |||
| MBIN7 | 32 mi | 32 min | NNE 6 G 11 | 54°F | 1016.6 hPa | |||
| 41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC | 33 mi | 54 min | 48°F | 59°F | ||||
| 41159 | 33 mi | 36 min | 62°F | 3 ft | ||||
| 41064 | 34 mi | 54 min | N 12 G 19 | 48°F | 62°F | 1018 hPa | ||
| BFTN7 - 8656483 - Beaufort, NC | 48 mi | 44 min | NNW 7 G 9.9 | 49°F | 54°F | 1018 hPa |
Wind History for Wrightsville Beach, NC
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 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 | 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | |
| Last 24hr | W G17 | W G17 | W G18 | NW G9 | W | W | W | SW | N | NW G8 | NW | NW | NW | N G18 | N G14 | N G13 | N G13 | N | N G21 | N G19 | N G18 | N G11 | N G12 | NW G14 |
| 1 day ago | N | E | NE | N | NW | NW | NW | NW | W | W | W | W | W G7 | W G8 | W G10 | NW G9 | NW G8 | NW | NW G13 | NW G12 | N G12 | W | NW | W G14 |
| 2 days ago | E G14 | E | E | E | NE G19 | NE | NE | NE | NE G21 | NE | NE | NE G19 | N | N G19 | NE | N G17 | N | N G17 | N | N G16 | N | N G18 | N G13 | N |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| MCAS New River, NC | 18 mi | 66 min | N 11 G 19 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 52°F | 18°F | 26% | 1018.1 hPa |
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Wind History from NCA (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | NW | NW G23 | NW G20 | NW | NW | Calm | N | Calm | NW | Calm | NW | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N G18 | N | N G19 | |||
| 1 day ago | N | NE | NE | N | N | W | Calm | W | Calm | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | NW | NW | NW | NW G16 | NW G17 | NW G18 | NW G19 |
| 2 days ago | E | NE | E | E | E | E G19 | E | E | E | NE | E | NE | NE | N | NE | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | NE |
Tide / Current Tables for New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina
EDIT Weekend mode (on/off) (on/off) Help One Week of DataNew Topsail Inlet
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Fri -- 12:09 AM EST 3.26 feet High Tide
Fri -- 12:24 AM EST Moonrise
Fri -- 06:34 AM EST Sunrise
Fri -- 07:16 AM EST 0.02 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 10:46 AM EST Moonset
Fri -- 12:34 PM EST 2.59 feet High Tide
Fri -- 06:10 PM EST Sunset
Fri -- 07:16 PM EST -0.10 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 08:32 PM EST Last Quarter
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Fri -- 12:09 AM EST 3.26 feet High Tide
Fri -- 12:24 AM EST Moonrise
Fri -- 06:34 AM EST Sunrise
Fri -- 07:16 AM EST 0.02 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 10:46 AM EST Moonset
Fri -- 12:34 PM EST 2.59 feet High Tide
Fri -- 06:10 PM EST Sunset
Fri -- 07:16 PM EST -0.10 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 08:32 PM EST Last Quarter
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 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
Tide / Current Tables for New River Inlet, North Carolina
EDIT (on/off) Help One Week of DataNew River Inlet
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Fri -- 12:05 AM EST 3.26 feet High Tide
Fri -- 12:23 AM EST Moonrise
Fri -- 06:32 AM EST Sunrise
Fri -- 06:33 AM EST 0.02 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 10:44 AM EST Moonset
Fri -- 12:30 PM EST 2.59 feet High Tide
Fri -- 06:09 PM EST Sunset
Fri -- 06:33 PM EST -0.10 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 08:32 PM EST Last Quarter
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Fri -- 12:05 AM EST 3.26 feet High Tide
Fri -- 12:23 AM EST Moonrise
Fri -- 06:32 AM EST Sunrise
Fri -- 06:33 AM EST 0.02 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 10:44 AM EST Moonset
Fri -- 12:30 PM EST 2.59 feet High Tide
Fri -- 06:09 PM EST Sunset
Fri -- 06:33 PM EST -0.10 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 08:32 PM EST Last Quarter
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 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | -0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
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