Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Ebony, VA
April 18, 2025 2:44 AM EDT (06:44 UTC) Change Location
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ANZ637 James River From Jamestown To The James River Bridge- 952 Pm Edt Thu Apr 17 2025
.small craft advisory in effect from Friday evening through Saturday morning - .
Overnight - SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 1 foot.
Fri - S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon waves 1 to 2 ft.
Fri night - S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
Sat - SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
Sat night - SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
Sun - W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft, diminishing to around 1 foot in the afternoon.
Sun night - E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 1 foot.
Mon - SE winds 10 kt. Waves around 1 foot.
Mon night - S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of showers after midnight.
ANZ600 952 Pm Edt Thu Apr 17 2025
Synopsis for fenwick island de to currituck beach light nc out 20 nautical miles including virginia portion of the chesapeake bay, currituck sound and portions of the james, york, and rappahannock rivers - High pressure remains over the region through tonight. A cold front approaches the waters Friday into Saturday with elevated southerly winds likely developing ahead of the approaching frontal boundary.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Ebony, VA

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Petersburg Click for Map Thu -- 01:54 AM EDT 0.60 feet Low Tide Thu -- 06:31 AM EDT Sunrise Thu -- 07:11 AM EDT 3.36 feet High Tide Thu -- 08:52 AM EDT Moonset Thu -- 02:59 PM EDT 0.57 feet Low Tide Thu -- 07:46 PM EDT Sunset Thu -- 08:00 PM EDT 2.85 feet High Tide Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION |   |
Petersburg, Appomattox River, James River, Virginia, Tide feet
12 am |
1 |
1 am |
0.7 |
2 am |
0.6 |
3 am |
0.8 |
4 am |
1.3 |
5 am |
2.3 |
6 am |
3 |
7 am |
3.3 |
8 am |
3.3 |
9 am |
2.9 |
10 am |
2.4 |
11 am |
1.8 |
12 pm |
1.3 |
1 pm |
0.9 |
2 pm |
0.7 |
3 pm |
0.6 |
4 pm |
0.7 |
5 pm |
1.3 |
6 pm |
2.1 |
7 pm |
2.7 |
8 pm |
2.8 |
9 pm |
2.7 |
10 pm |
2.4 |
11 pm |
1.9 |
City Point (Hopewell) Click for Map Thu -- 12:42 AM EDT 0.53 feet Low Tide Thu -- 06:31 AM EDT Sunrise Thu -- 06:41 AM EDT 3.04 feet High Tide Thu -- 08:51 AM EDT Moonset Thu -- 01:47 PM EDT 0.50 feet Low Tide Thu -- 07:30 PM EDT 2.58 feet High Tide Thu -- 07:46 PM EDT Sunset Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION |   |
City Point (Hopewell), James River, Virginia, Tide feet
12 am |
0.6 |
1 am |
0.5 |
2 am |
0.7 |
3 am |
1.2 |
4 am |
1.9 |
5 am |
2.6 |
6 am |
3 |
7 am |
3 |
8 am |
2.8 |
9 am |
2.3 |
10 am |
1.7 |
11 am |
1.2 |
12 pm |
0.8 |
1 pm |
0.6 |
2 pm |
0.5 |
3 pm |
0.7 |
4 pm |
1.2 |
5 pm |
1.8 |
6 pm |
2.3 |
7 pm |
2.5 |
8 pm |
2.5 |
9 pm |
2.3 |
10 pm |
1.8 |
11 pm |
1.3 |
Area Discussion for Raleigh, NC
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FXUS62 KRAH 180529 AFDRAH
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Raleigh NC 129 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025
SYNOPSIS
Cool high pressure over the area will push slowly offshore through Friday, bringing a warming trend through the weekend and into early next week. A frontal system will approach from the west late Monday, then stall out and hold over the region through Wednesday, while gradually weakening.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
As of 825 PM Thursday...
Minimal tweaks made with the evening update. Some passing high clouds will move through during the first half of the night, with clearing skies after that. No frost concerns anywhere tonight, with lows in the 40s most places (an isolated reading in the lower 50s is possible). Previous discussion follows.
As of 245 PM Thursday...
Mainly clear and mild tonight, mostly sunny and warm Friday.
The skies were sunny across the region this afternoon. After a chilly start, the temperatures jumped into the upper 60s to lower 70s after morning lows of 32-42. Surface winds were light and variable as the center of the 1025 mb surface high was located over the region. The center of surface high pressure will shift across the region and settle just off the NC coast late this afternoon.
Expect sunny skies this afternoon with highs very similar to those of Wednesday, with less wind. Winds will be light and variable from mid-afternoon into the evening. Highs generally in the upper 60s to mid 70s north to south.
The appears to be too much dry air to overcome tonight and the chance of low stratus in the east appears to be low. The flow does slowly become return flow, but moisture return should be meager through tonight. There will be some increase in high clouds late today and for a period tonight due to the passage of the cirrus to our west and north; otherwise, expect clear skies tonight with Lows mostly in the 40s.
SHORT TERM /FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT/
As of 245 PM Thursday...
Breezy southwesterly winds at 10 to 20 mph will bring much warmer air to the region beginning Friday. Highs around 80.
High pressure will be offshore Friday afternoon and night with good S-Sw return flow across NC. Ridging off the SE coast will become dominate. This will allow strong subsidence and warming beginning Friday. Highs in the 80-84 range is expected with SW winds 10-20 mph. Expect clear, dry, and mild conditions under high pressure Friday night with lows in the lower 60s (May-like and 12-15 degrees above normal for for 12z/April 19).
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
As of 400 PM Thursday...
Tranquil weather and very warm temperatures will prevail this weekend. Some light precipitation chances return early next week, but widespread soaking rain is not expected.
As mid-level ridging peaks in strength and extends NE into the Carolinas on Saturday, a surface high will remain anchored just west of Bermuda. This pattern will S/SW low-level flow and well above normal temperatures. With ample sunshine and only some thin high clouds possible, Saturday's highs will be in the mid-to-upper-80s.
Fortunately, despite the warm temperatures, dew points shouldn't be oppressive on Saturday, mainly in the mid-to-upper-50s. Model point soundings indicate enough mixing for SW winds to gust to 15-25 mph.
Lows Saturday night will also be quite mild with increasing high clouds, in the lower-to-mid-60s.
Meanwhile, a deepening mid/upper low and surface low will move east across Ontario, Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes over the weekend.
This will push a backdoor cold front south into the mid-Atlantic on Sunday, and some guidance indicates it may try to creep into our far NE zones on Sunday evening/night, but it will have a hard time getting too far with the surface high still anchored to our SE. Even if it does make it, it looks dry, with the only effect being some briefly lower dew points behind it. A second mid/upper low and associated surface low will move NE from the Southern Plains into the Upper Great Lakes on Sunday and Sunday night, dragging a cold front to its south and weakening/suppressing the Southeast US ridging. Despite this and some high clouds in advance of the front, Sunday's temperatures should continue to be very warm with highs in the mid-to-upper-80s. Lows Sunday night will be in the upper-50s to lower-60s.
The Great Lakes mid/upper low will then push E/NE into southern Ontario and Quebec early next week and weaken into an open wave, eventually dragging a cold front into central NC. There is still a lot of uncertainty regarding the front's timing and placement, but the bottom line is it does not look like it will be associated with a lot of precipitation, given a lack of upper forcing with the low tracking so far to our north. The GFS, ECMWF and CMC along with their ensembles have all slowed down the timing of the front on their 12z runs compared to yesterday. The GFS now depicts a passage on Tuesday morning and afternoon, while the ECMWF holds it off until Tuesday night. Thus Monday/Monday night's POPs have decreased to just slight, as guidance shows just a few prefrontal showers possibly reaching mainly our northern and western counties. Monday should still be quite warm ahead of the front with highs in the 80s.
POPs then increase to the 30-40% range on Tuesday with the front, lingering on Wednesday (highest south) as the front looks to stall and weaken. The front may then wash out or lift back north as a warm front late Wednesday into Thursday in response to a surface high moving east of New England and southerly flow returning. So continue some chance POPs on Thursday. Again, coverage doesn't look widespread, and ensemble mean QPF is only around a quarter inch or less each day. A few storms can't be ruled out each afternoon and evening, but instability doesn't look overly impressive, as ensemble probabilities of at least 500 J/kg of CAPE are mostly in the 30-50% range. At this time there only looks to be a slight "cooldown" behind the front, with forecast highs in the upper-70s to mid-80s from Tuesday through Thursday.
AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
As of 125 AM Friday...
Prevailing VFR conditions are expected through the 24 hours TAF period. Very shallow moisture advection across the Coastal Plain through the overnight hours may result in periods of ground fog around sunrise. Confidence is slightly higher at RWI compared to FAY where upstream cross-over temperatures advecting into the region may be met as temps fall into the mid 40s. A steep surface inversion will slowly mix out throughout the morning hours, after which time WSW winds will increase to around 10 kts with gust up to 20 to 25 kts and flat cumulus around 4 to 7 kft are expected.
Outlook: Low-end MVFR cigs will be possible at GSO/INT Sat morning slowly lifting to VFR by the afternoon. A strengthening LLJ of 35 to 45 kts may result in marginal LLWS at all sites Fri night. Next chance for sub-VFR will come Monday from a slight to low chance of showers.
RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Raleigh NC 129 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025
SYNOPSIS
Cool high pressure over the area will push slowly offshore through Friday, bringing a warming trend through the weekend and into early next week. A frontal system will approach from the west late Monday, then stall out and hold over the region through Wednesday, while gradually weakening.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
As of 825 PM Thursday...
Minimal tweaks made with the evening update. Some passing high clouds will move through during the first half of the night, with clearing skies after that. No frost concerns anywhere tonight, with lows in the 40s most places (an isolated reading in the lower 50s is possible). Previous discussion follows.
As of 245 PM Thursday...
Mainly clear and mild tonight, mostly sunny and warm Friday.
The skies were sunny across the region this afternoon. After a chilly start, the temperatures jumped into the upper 60s to lower 70s after morning lows of 32-42. Surface winds were light and variable as the center of the 1025 mb surface high was located over the region. The center of surface high pressure will shift across the region and settle just off the NC coast late this afternoon.
Expect sunny skies this afternoon with highs very similar to those of Wednesday, with less wind. Winds will be light and variable from mid-afternoon into the evening. Highs generally in the upper 60s to mid 70s north to south.
The appears to be too much dry air to overcome tonight and the chance of low stratus in the east appears to be low. The flow does slowly become return flow, but moisture return should be meager through tonight. There will be some increase in high clouds late today and for a period tonight due to the passage of the cirrus to our west and north; otherwise, expect clear skies tonight with Lows mostly in the 40s.
SHORT TERM /FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT/
As of 245 PM Thursday...
Breezy southwesterly winds at 10 to 20 mph will bring much warmer air to the region beginning Friday. Highs around 80.
High pressure will be offshore Friday afternoon and night with good S-Sw return flow across NC. Ridging off the SE coast will become dominate. This will allow strong subsidence and warming beginning Friday. Highs in the 80-84 range is expected with SW winds 10-20 mph. Expect clear, dry, and mild conditions under high pressure Friday night with lows in the lower 60s (May-like and 12-15 degrees above normal for for 12z/April 19).
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
As of 400 PM Thursday...
Tranquil weather and very warm temperatures will prevail this weekend. Some light precipitation chances return early next week, but widespread soaking rain is not expected.
As mid-level ridging peaks in strength and extends NE into the Carolinas on Saturday, a surface high will remain anchored just west of Bermuda. This pattern will S/SW low-level flow and well above normal temperatures. With ample sunshine and only some thin high clouds possible, Saturday's highs will be in the mid-to-upper-80s.
Fortunately, despite the warm temperatures, dew points shouldn't be oppressive on Saturday, mainly in the mid-to-upper-50s. Model point soundings indicate enough mixing for SW winds to gust to 15-25 mph.
Lows Saturday night will also be quite mild with increasing high clouds, in the lower-to-mid-60s.
Meanwhile, a deepening mid/upper low and surface low will move east across Ontario, Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes over the weekend.
This will push a backdoor cold front south into the mid-Atlantic on Sunday, and some guidance indicates it may try to creep into our far NE zones on Sunday evening/night, but it will have a hard time getting too far with the surface high still anchored to our SE. Even if it does make it, it looks dry, with the only effect being some briefly lower dew points behind it. A second mid/upper low and associated surface low will move NE from the Southern Plains into the Upper Great Lakes on Sunday and Sunday night, dragging a cold front to its south and weakening/suppressing the Southeast US ridging. Despite this and some high clouds in advance of the front, Sunday's temperatures should continue to be very warm with highs in the mid-to-upper-80s. Lows Sunday night will be in the upper-50s to lower-60s.
The Great Lakes mid/upper low will then push E/NE into southern Ontario and Quebec early next week and weaken into an open wave, eventually dragging a cold front into central NC. There is still a lot of uncertainty regarding the front's timing and placement, but the bottom line is it does not look like it will be associated with a lot of precipitation, given a lack of upper forcing with the low tracking so far to our north. The GFS, ECMWF and CMC along with their ensembles have all slowed down the timing of the front on their 12z runs compared to yesterday. The GFS now depicts a passage on Tuesday morning and afternoon, while the ECMWF holds it off until Tuesday night. Thus Monday/Monday night's POPs have decreased to just slight, as guidance shows just a few prefrontal showers possibly reaching mainly our northern and western counties. Monday should still be quite warm ahead of the front with highs in the 80s.
POPs then increase to the 30-40% range on Tuesday with the front, lingering on Wednesday (highest south) as the front looks to stall and weaken. The front may then wash out or lift back north as a warm front late Wednesday into Thursday in response to a surface high moving east of New England and southerly flow returning. So continue some chance POPs on Thursday. Again, coverage doesn't look widespread, and ensemble mean QPF is only around a quarter inch or less each day. A few storms can't be ruled out each afternoon and evening, but instability doesn't look overly impressive, as ensemble probabilities of at least 500 J/kg of CAPE are mostly in the 30-50% range. At this time there only looks to be a slight "cooldown" behind the front, with forecast highs in the upper-70s to mid-80s from Tuesday through Thursday.
AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
As of 125 AM Friday...
Prevailing VFR conditions are expected through the 24 hours TAF period. Very shallow moisture advection across the Coastal Plain through the overnight hours may result in periods of ground fog around sunrise. Confidence is slightly higher at RWI compared to FAY where upstream cross-over temperatures advecting into the region may be met as temps fall into the mid 40s. A steep surface inversion will slowly mix out throughout the morning hours, after which time WSW winds will increase to around 10 kts with gust up to 20 to 25 kts and flat cumulus around 4 to 7 kft are expected.
Outlook: Low-end MVFR cigs will be possible at GSO/INT Sat morning slowly lifting to VFR by the afternoon. A strengthening LLJ of 35 to 45 kts may result in marginal LLWS at all sites Fri night. Next chance for sub-VFR will come Monday from a slight to low chance of showers.
RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.
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