Page Links Change Location One Page Printer Page HELP AIS Default setup SAVE setting RECALL saved setting

Marine Weather and Tides Hopewell, VA Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

---

Sunrise 6:17AM

Sunset 8:11PM

Friday August 7, 2020 8:34 AM EDT (12:34 UTC)

Moonrise 9:41PM

Moonset 8:58AM

Illumination 87%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

---

---

7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Hopewell, VA

   Hourly   EDIT   Help

---

Area Discussion for - Wakefield, VA

      (on/off)   Help   NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition
FXUS61 KAKQ 071045 AFDAKQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wakefield VA 645 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

SYNOPSIS. A weak surface boundary will remain near the local area into the weekend. This boundary will promote numerous opportunities for showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall possible. High pressure settles over the area late in the weekend. Diurnal thunderstorm chances continue early next week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/. As of 300 AM EDT Friday .

Latest analysis shows an upper level trough to our west, while at the surface a stalled frontal boundary remains across the Mid Atlantic. The heavy rain has ended for the time being, with just light rain showers expected for the rest of the morning. Expect patchy fog early this morning, especially across areas that received a lot of rain yesterday.

The upper level trough will slowly progress east today, while the surface boundary will remain in the vicinity of the area. This will once again provide the focus for additional showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. While the coverage is not expected to be as widespread, any heavy rainfall will not be welcome news for portions of the area that have received a lot of rain since Monday. FFG values are under 1 inch per hour in the Richmond and VB areas. Because of the antecedent conditions, decided to go with a Flash Flood Watch for the northern half of the area including the Hampton roads area from Noon today through 2 AM (6Z) Saturday. Convection should diminish after 06Z. High temps this afternoon will be in the mid to upper 80s.

SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/. As of 300 AM EDT Friday .

Upper level trough moves offshore this weekend, but the surface boundary will remain in the vicinity of the area. This will keep the chance of afternoon/evening storms in the forecast for both Saturday and Sunday. High pressure tries to settle into the area from the NW by late Sunday. High temps Saturday and Sunday generally in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Low temps both days in the upper 60s to lower 70s.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/. As of 345 PM EDT Thursday .

Still looking like a more typical summertime pattern for the medium range period (Sun night through early next week). The large scale through much of the medium range period will feature high pressure (at the surface and aloft) offshore of the SE CONUS coast, with weak upper troughing remaining centered in the vicinity of the Mississippi River Valley. This will allow for temperatures to rise back to near/slightly above average by early next week. In addition diurnal (mainly aftn-evening) showers/tstms are possible each day (Mon-Thu). Will account for this with slight chc-chc PoPs. Highs generally 89-94F with lows from around 70F to the mid 70s through the medium range period.

AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. As of 645 AM EDT Friday .

Patchy fog and IFR/LIFR ceilings early in the 12Z TAF period. Ceilings and visbys are expected to improve over the next few hours. Winds light and variable this morning becoming S/SE during the day today with wind speeds generally under 10 kts. Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening, which may result in brief flight restrictions. Sub-VFR ceilings/visbys possible again early Saturday morning.

Outlook . Mostly VFR conditions expected this weekend outside of isolated afternoon/evening storms which could result in brief flight restrictions.

MARINE. As of 300 AM EDT Friday .

Quiet marine conditions continue into the weekend despite a frontal boundary lingering across the area. S winds aob 10 kts thru Sat become N-NW by Sun behind a cold front that crosses the area Sat nite. Winds return to the S aob 10 kts early next week as high pressure. Waves 1-2 ft. Seas 2-3 ft.

AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. MD . Flash Flood Watch from noon EDT today through late tonight for MDZ021>025. NC . None. VA . Flash Flood Watch from noon EDT today through late tonight for VAZ048-061-062-064-068-069-075>078-081>086-089-090-093- 095>100-509>525. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . CMF/ERI NEAR TERM . CMF SHORT TERM . CMF LONG TERM . ERI AVIATION . CMF MARINE . MPR

---

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
YRSV2 - Chesapeake Bay,VA	30 mi	64 min	Calm	73°F			1020 hPa	72°F
YKTV2 - 8637689 - Yorktown, VA	42 mi	46 min	N 5.1 G 7	75°F	83°F		1018.6 hPa
YKRV2 - 8637611 - York River East Rear Range Light, VA	49 mi	46 min	N 8 G 8.9	77°F			1019.4 hPa

Wind History for Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA

(wind in knots)    EDIT      (on/off)   Help

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

12 AM

1 AM

2 AM

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

6 AM

7 AM

8 AM

Last 24hr

SW5

SW7

SW7

NE4

NE3

E12

SE13

SE13 G16

SE8 G12

E13

E14

SE8 G12

SE6

W2

NW9

S6

SW9

SW9

W5 G8

N9

N5 G8

NE7

N6

N4

1 day ago

NW4

W5

W9

W6 G10

NW6

E6 G9

SE7

E10

E9

NE7

E6

SW6 G10

SW4

--

S1

SW5

SW3

SW5

SW5

SW6

SW6

SW4

S2

SW3

2 days ago

SW23 G34

W20 G30

W16 G28

SW15 G21

SW14 G17

SW11 G15

SW9 G14

SW10

SW7 G11

S8 G11

S3 G6

SW4 G7

SW4

S5 G8

S7

SW5 G8

SW6

SW7

SW8 G11

SW8

SW8

SW8 G11

SW8 G11

SW4

---

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
Richmond, Richmond International Airport, VA	14 mi	40 min	E 3	1.25 mi	Light Drizzle Fog/Mist	72°F	70°F	94%	1019.6 hPa
Chesterfield County Airport, VA	15 mi	38 min	E 3	1.25 mi	Light Rain Fog/Mist	71°F	71°F	100%	1020.3 hPa
Petersburg, Dinwiddie County Airport, VA	16 mi	39 min	N 0	1.00 mi	Fog/Mist	71°F	69°F	94%	1019.6 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KRIC

Wind History from RIC (wind in knots)

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

12 AM

1 AM

2 AM

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

6 AM

7 AM

8 AM

Last 24hr

Calm

Calm

W3

SW3

5

5

NE7

NE8

E9

E9

SE12

SE9

E6

SE7

SE15

S7

W5

W4

S3

NW3

NE5

Calm

E5

E3

1 day ago

NE3

NE9

NE7

6

4

N4

NE6

N8

NE7

E7

E7

--

NE15 G20

E9

E3

E3

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

NW6

NW3

S3

Calm

2 days ago

W19 G28

W16 G23

W11 G20

SW14 G20

SW12

SW9

SW15 G21

SW14

S10

SW11

S8

S5

S5

S5

S6

SW5

S4

S4

S4

S4

Calm

Calm

E3

Calm

---

Tide / Current Tables for City Point (Hopewell), James River, Virginia

   EDIT   Weekend mode (on/off)   (on/off)   Help   One Week of Data

---

Tide / Current Tables for Westover, James River, Virginia

   EDIT      (on/off)   Help   One Week of Data

---

Weather Map

       (on/off)   Help Weather Map

---

GEOS Local Image of    EDIT
NOTE: East coast views moved to GEOS-16. They are experimental and not well supported by NOAA so they may not be correct so be warned. This change required redoing a large amount of the GOES code. If the image you are expecting is not showing, please let me know. You may need to use the EDIT function to update your location.
Link to Loop

Other links: Northern Pacific     Contential US     Full GOES-East

---

Wind Forecast for Wakefield, VA (8,2,3,4)

      (on/off)   Help

---

Ground Weather Radar Station Wakefield, VA

   (on/off)   Help

---

Cookie Policy: This website uses cookies to save your settings. No personal information is saved. I do not collect statistics on your visit. You can disable cookies in your browser if you like but it is not recommended for this site. I do not sell cookies. Go to a bakery for that. In fact I do not sell anything. To disable cookies from L-36.com, please refer to the Help button in your browser. Privacy Policy: I do not sell or share any user data or anything else for that matter. The only personal information I save is in the site log which has a line for each page view which includes the IP address your browser sends in the header as well as which page you requested. I use this to block hackers and other bad actors. I do not use this raw data to create profiles on users. I periodically delete the log files. If you are subject to CCPA, Google ads on this site will not be based on your past behavior so you will likely not see an ad for a lawn mower just because you looked for one at a big box website. I do not believe this site is subject to CCPA but I am doing what I can to follow the guidelines anyway. Disclaimer: The information on this web site has not been checked for accuracy. It is for entertainment purposes only and should be independently verified before using for any other reason. There are five sources. 1) Documents and manuals from a variety of sources. These have not been checked for accuracy and in many cases have not even been read by anyone associated with L-36.com. I have no idea of they are useful or accurate, I leave that to the reader. 2) Articles others have written and submitted. If you have questions on these, please contact the author. 3) Articles that represent my personal opinions. These are intended to promote thought and for entertainment. These are not intended to be fact, they are my opinions. 4) Small programs that generate result presented on a web page. Like any computer program, these may and in some cases do have errors. Almost all of these also make simplifying assumptions so they are not totally accurate even if there are no errors. Please verify all results. 5) Weather information is from numerous of sources and is presented automatically. It is not checked for accuracy either by anyone at L-36.com or by the source which is typically the US Government. See the NOAA web site for their disclaimer. Finally, tide and current data on this site is from 2007 and 2008 data bases, which may contain even older data. Changes in harbors due to building or dredging change tides and currents and for that reason many of the locations presented are no longer supported by newer data bases. For example, there is very little tidal current data in newer data bases so current data is likely wrong to some extent. This data is NOT FOR NAVIGATION. See the XTide disclaimer for details. In addition, tide and current are influenced by storms, river flow, and other factors beyond the ability of any predictive program.