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Marine Weather and Tides Gloucester Courthouse, 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.

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Sunrise 6:13AM

Sunset 8:09PM

Wednesday August 5, 2020 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)

Moonrise 8:44PM

Moonset 6:58AM

Illumination 97%

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.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Gloucester Courthouse, VA

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Area Discussion for - Wakefield, VA

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FXUS61 KAKQ 050726 AFDAKQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wakefield VA 326 AM EDT Wed Aug 5 2020

SYNOPSIS. A weak front will become nearly stationary over the southeast and mid Atlantic through Wednesday, with a wave of low pressure tracking along the boundary Thursday and Friday. High pressure settles over the area Saturday afternoon into Sunday.

NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/. As of 325 AM EDT Wednesday .

A weak sfc trough will settle over the FA today as a broad trough just W of the region remains in places. VRB to SE winds BLO 10 mph today while avgg out partly sunny. ISOLD-SCT mainly afternoon SHRAs-tstms are expected w/ highs 85-90F.

SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/. As of 325 AM EDT Wednesday .

Broad trough aloft will be very slow to move E through Fri as a weak/remnant sfc boundary lingers over the local area. Expecting VRB clouds-mostly cloudy conditions w/ highest PoPs from Thu afternoon through Fri. Lows tonight from the u60s-m70s. Highs Thu-Fri in the m-u80s. Locally heavy rainfall and brief gusty winds are poss w/ any stronger storms.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/. As of 350 PM EDT Tuesday .

Overall looking at a fairly typical summertime pattern in the medium range. The highest chance for showers/tstms will be at the beginning of the period Fri night into Sat as a consensus of the latest models has a cold front slowly pushing through the region as an upper trough lags to the west and crosses the local area during the day Sat. Will maintain high chance PoPs Fri night (40-50% all areas) with the highest PoPs Sat focused to the E/SE along the coast. Lows Fri night 65-70F NW and 70-75F SE, with highs Sat mainly in the upper 80s. Weak high pressure is progged to settle in from the N Sat night ans Sunday, leading to mainly dry conditions other than a few isolated tstms Sun aftn (primarily in the Piedmont). Lows sat night in the mid/upper 60s well inland and lower 70s near the coast. A slow warming trend is expected Mon- Tue as sfc high pressure slides off the coast and a low level southerly flow develops. Will have chance for mainly aftn/evening tstms both days. Highs into the lower 90s with lows in the upper 60s to lower-mid 70s.

AVIATION /08Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/. As of 1235 AM EDT Wednesday .

Expect mainly VFR conditions through the 06Z TAF forecast period. A weakening sfc boundary will slip over the FA this morning then dissipate. SSW wnds BLO 10 kt become VRB or NNE then SE by late in the day. ISOLD-SCT SHRAs/tstms will be poss this afternoon/early this evening. SCT mainly diurnal SHRAs/tstms will remain poss Thu into Fri night until a second sfc boundary/upper level trough pushes off the coast this weekend.

MARINE. As of 315 AM EDT Wednesday .

Remaining SCA was cancelled late last evening over the northern coastal waters. SW winds this morning 5-15 kts becoming S/SE later today. Waves in the bay 1-2 ft and seas 2-4 ft. Winds will remain southerly below 15 kts both Thursday and Friday. Waves in the bay subside to around a foot, and seas subside to 2-3 ft.

CLIMATE. As of 730 PM EDT Tuesday .

RIC official had a high temperature of 88F today, ending the current streak of 90+F temperatures at 25 days (7/10-8/3). This is the 2nd longest streak in the period of record. The longest streak on record will remain 27 days in 1995.

RIC's daily rainfall today was 3.61" which is also a new daily record (see RERRIC for details).

AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. MD . None. NC . None. VA . None. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . JDM NEAR TERM . ALB SHORT TERM . ALB LONG TERM . LKB AVIATION . ALB/JDM MARINE . CMF CLIMATE . AKQ

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
YRSV2 - Chesapeake Bay,VA	6 mi	90 min	NNE 1	82°F			1019 hPa	74°F
YKTV2 - 8637689 - Yorktown, VA	12 mi	66 min	WSW 6 G 8	84°F	83°F		1017.5 hPa
YKRV2 - 8637611 - York River East Rear Range Light, VA	17 mi	66 min	Calm G 1	83°F			1018.5 hPa
44072	22 mi	40 min	S 3.9 G 5.8	82°F
44058 - Stingray Point, VA	25 mi	42 min	NNE 3.9 G 5.8	81°F	85°F		1021 hPa
DOMV2 - 8638511 - Dominion Terminal Association, VA	29 mi	66 min	SSW 5.1 G 6	83°F			1018.1 hPa
WDSV2 - 8638614 - Willoughby Deguassing , VA	31 mi	66 min	W 2.9 G 4.1	82°F			1017.4 hPa
SWPV2 - 8638610 - Sewells Point, VA	32 mi	66 min			82°F		1017.9 hPa
44087	34 mi	64 min			82°F	2 ft
CRYV2 - 8638595 - South Craney Island, VA	35 mi	66 min	WSW 4.1 G 8	86°F			1017.7 hPa
RPLV2 - 8632837 - Rappahannock Light, VA	35 mi	66 min	W 4.1 G 5.1				1018.6 hPa
CHBV2	36 mi	66 min	WNW 4.1 G 4.1	82°F			1017.2 hPa
KPTV2 - 8632200 - Kiptopeke, VA	36 mi	66 min	SSW 4.1 G 5.1		81°F
MNPV2 - 8639348 - Money Point, VA	43 mi	66 min	SSW 5.1 G 9.9	87°F	83°F		1017.6 hPa
CHYV2 - 8638999 - Cape Henry, VA	44 mi	66 min	SSW 5.1 G 8	86°F			1018.2 hPa
LWTV2 - 8635750 - Lewisetta, VA	45 mi	66 min	NNE 2.9 G 5.1	82°F	81°F		1018.2 hPa

Wind History for Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport, VA	9 mi	65 min	N 0	10.00 mi		88°F	71°F	59%	1018.3 hPa
West Point, Middle Peninsula Regional Airport, VA	14 mi	65 min	N 3	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	83°F	72°F	70%	1018.6 hPa
Fort Eustis / Felker, VA	15 mi	64 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	85°F	75°F	75%	1017.6 hPa
Newport News, Newport News / Williamsburg International Airport, VA	16 mi	66 min	SSW 7	10.00 mi	Fair	87°F	72°F	61%	1017.9 hPa
Langley Air Force Base, VA	23 mi	64 min	W 5	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	87°F	75°F	70%	1018.9 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KJGG

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Tide / Current Tables for Clay Bank, York River, Virginia

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Tide / Current Tables for Roane Point, York River, Virginia

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Wind Forecast for Wakefield, VA (11,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wakefield, VA

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