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| Sunrise 7:23AM | Sunset 6:25PM | Tuesday October 22, 2019 5:14 PM PDT (00:14 UTC) | Moonrise 12:00AM | Moonset 2:28PM | Illumination 31% |  |
PZZ545 Coastal Waters From Point Reyes To Pigeon Point California Out To 10 Nm- 243 Pm Pdt Tue Oct 22 2019
Tonight..NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft, increasing to 4 to 5 ft after midnight. NW swell 5 to 7 ft at 11 seconds and sw around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
Wed..NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. NW swell 6 to 8 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
Wed night..N winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 5 to 7 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Thu..NE winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Thu night..NE winds up to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Fri..N winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Fri night..NW winds up to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 4 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Sat..NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft.
Sun..N winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft.
...san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... In the deep water channel...seas 5 to 7 ft with a dominant period of 12 seconds. Across the bar...seas 6 to 8 ft with a dominant period of 12 seconds. Maximum ebb current of 2.3 kt at 12:01 am Wednesday and 1.9 kt at 01:37 pm Wednesday.
Tonight..NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft, increasing to 4 to 5 ft after midnight. NW swell 5 to 7 ft at 11 seconds and sw around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
Wed..NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. NW swell 6 to 8 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
Wed night..N winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 5 to 7 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Thu..NE winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Thu night..NE winds up to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Fri..N winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Fri night..NW winds up to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 4 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 14 seconds.
Sat..NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft.
Sun..N winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft.
...san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... In the deep water channel...seas 5 to 7 ft with a dominant period of 12 seconds. Across the bar...seas 6 to 8 ft with a dominant period of 12 seconds. Maximum ebb current of 2.3 kt at 12:01 am Wednesday and 1.9 kt at 01:37 pm Wednesday.
PZZ500 243 Pm Pdt Tue Oct 22 2019
Synopsis for the central california coast and bays including the Monterey bay..Greater farallones...and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries... High pressure over the eastern pacific and pacific northwest will produce moderate northerly winds across the coastal waters through midweek. The strongest winds are expected across the northern outer waters. As high pressure builds over the great basin, a thermal trough will develop along the coast. This will result in light offshore flow across the coastal waters. A moderate northwest swell will continue through midweek.
Synopsis for the central california coast and bays including the Monterey bay..Greater farallones...and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries... High pressure over the eastern pacific and pacific northwest will produce moderate northerly winds across the coastal waters through midweek. The strongest winds are expected across the northern outer waters. As high pressure builds over the great basin, a thermal trough will develop along the coast. This will result in light offshore flow across the coastal waters. A moderate northwest swell will continue through midweek.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Pacifica, CA
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Area Discussion for - San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area, CA
(on/off) Help NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition| Fxus66 kmtr 222329 afdmtr area forecast discussion national weather service san francisco bay area 429 pm pdt Tue oct 22 2019 Synopsis A warming and drying trend will continue through the week as high pressure strengthens over california. Offshore flow will continue through midweek and strengthen Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This will result in warm temperatures reaching all the way to the coast, with the warmest temperatures expected on Thursday. Locally gusty offshore winds are likely at times in the hills, especially in the north bay hills on Wednesday night. In the longer range, cooling is forecast during the upcoming weekend, although another round of dry offshore winds is possible by late in the weekend and into early next week. Discussion As of 1:35 pm pdt Tuesday... With light offshore flow and sunny skies, afternoon temperatures have warmed into the upper 70s to mid 80s across the board. Earlier today the temperature rose to 86 degrees at the weather office in monterey, but a light seabreeze has cooled it back down to the mid 70s. The upper ridge is progged to weaken somewhat on Wednesday, so high temperatures should be similar to today's or slightly cooler. Highs are forecast to range from the mid to upper 70s at the coast, to the 80s to lower 90s inland. The warmest day is expected to be on Thursday when the ridge axis is centered over california. Highs that day are expected to be a couple degrees warmer than those expected on Wednesday. In addition to warming temperatures, the offshore flow will bring much drier air to the area. These factors coupled with increasing winds in the hills will produce critical fire weather potential. Red flag warnings have been issued for the north and east bay, plus the santa cruz mountains. Please see the fire weather discussion below for the specifics. The offshore surface pressure gradient will weaken by Friday as the upper level ridge weakens. High temperatures will moderate going into the weekend as an upper level trough moves across the pacific nw. This trough is then forecast to dig into the great basin setting up another potential offshore flow event for Sunday. Temperatures to remain near seasonal normals through the early part of next week. Aviation As of 04:29 pm pdt Tuesday... For 00z tafs.VFR conditions to prevail as high pressure and light offshore winds keep clear skies over the terminals through the forecast period. Onshore winds around 10-15 kt this afternoon along the coast with offshore winds inland. Winds will diminish in the overnight hours. Similar winds expected tomorrow afternoon. Vicinity of ksfo...VFR. Onshore winds 10-15 kt will persist into the early evening before winds diminish. Expect winds to turn offshore again tomorrow morning, but remain fairly light. Onshore winds to return by tomorrow afternoon. Sfo bridge approach... Similar to ksfo. Monterey bay terminals...VFR. W to NW winds around 5 to 15 kt will diminish and turn southerly overnight. Onshore winds to return tomorrow afternoon. |
Fire weather As of 12:45 pm pdt Tuesday... All fire weather watches have been upgraded to red flag warnings. In addition the north bay coast and valleys were added to the warning as well as the east bay interior valleys. Timing is to for warnings to start in the north bay first, around midday weds which accounts for the peak daytime heating as well as the synoptic timing of the wind event. In a subtle but important break from normal the winds do start to arrive before sunset and the development of the usual nighttime inversions. This should allow some of the winds to be noticed by weds afternoon and evening across the north bay hills as well as down into the valleys. The strongest offshore winds then sweep over the rest of the east bay and santa cruz mountains weds night into Thursday morning. The event looks to be on the moderate to a low end "high event" in terms of intensity. Cool advection and upper forcing for downward momentum look marginal with the best surface pressure gradient over the sierra. However winds at the 925 mb (ridgetop) level look strong and we will be going into the event after several hot weather days with very low humidity. In fact humidity values should slowly drop through the night weds into early Thursday morning. Fuel analysis shows all fuel components: live, dead, fine, heavy, etc ready for consumption. Climatology and fire history including the oakland hills fire (oct 19 20th 1991) as always send an important message worth studying to avoid repeat performances. Red flags are up through Thursday afternoon. Winds will rapidly ease by Thursday evening. However, humidity will remain very low right through Friday with continued light offshore winds. Given the ongoing impacts seems the prudent thing to do will be to let the red flag end by Thursday and then ride through the long duration low humidity time frame when ignitions will still be likely but easier to catch. All eyes then turn towards a potentially stronger event Saturday night into Sunday. Model spreads at 4-5 day window still large enough to keep confidence in the moderate category. However, potential is there for high end wind event. Pressure gradients looks much stronger with cold advection and upper support suggesting more widespread wind potential. Current timing suggests late Saturday night into Sunday. Temperatures would be cooler with humidity perhaps slightly higher but winds potentially much stronger. We realize there becomes public and fire manager fatigue factor in dealing with multiple events and discerning the different intensity levels. During the fall of 2017 we had 2-3 moderate intensity red flag events before the devastating wine country fires. Should we be lucky enough to get through tomorrows wind event would ask for continued vigilance heading into the weekend wind event. Marine As of 02:43 pm pdt Tuesday... High pressure over the eastern pacific and pacific northwest will produce moderate northerly winds across the coastal waters through midweek. The strongest winds are expected across the northern outer waters. As high pressure builds over the great basin, a thermal trough will develop along the coast. This will result in light offshore flow across the coastal waters. A moderate northwest swell will continue through midweek. Mtr watches warnings advisories Tngt Sca... Pt arena to pigeon pt 10-60 nm sca... Pt arena to pt reyes 0-10 nm sca... Pt pinos to pt piedras blancas 0-10 nm sca... Pigeon pt to pt piedras blancas 10-60 nm public forecast: sims aviation: as marine: st fire weather: walbrun visit us at |
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a mapWind History for San Francisco, CA
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| Last 24hr | W G10 | SW | S | W | SE | W | -- | -- | -- | SW | -- | W | -- | -- | -- | -- | E | E | E | N | SW | SW G12 | W G11 | W G13 |
| 1 day ago | SW G15 | SW G13 | SW G16 | SW G13 | SW G10 | SW G10 | SW | S | SW | S | S | S | SW | W | S | -- | E | NE | NE | W G5 | SW G13 | SW G13 | SW | SW G17 |
| 2 days ago | SW G11 | SW G15 | SW G16 | SW | SE | -- | SW | SW | -- | SW | SW | SW | S | S | SW | SW | SE | N | SW G9 | W G11 | SW G13 | SW G17 | SW G17 | SW G15 |
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 |
| San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport, CA | 8 mi | 78 min | WNW 10 | 10.00 mi | A Few Clouds | 85°F | 43°F | 23% | 1018.4 hPa |
| Half Moon Bay Airport, CA | 8 mi | 34 min | NW 8 | 9.00 mi | Fair | 72°F | 48°F | 44% | 1018.6 hPa |
| San Carlos Airport, CA | 15 mi | 27 min | NW 6 | 10.00 mi | Clear | 0°F | 0°F | % | 1018.3 hPa |
| Oakland, Metro Oakland International Airport, CA | 16 mi | 21 min | WNW 8 | 10.00 mi | A Few Clouds | 80°F | 48°F | 34% | 1018.3 hPa |
| Hayward, Hayward Air Terminal, CA | 21 mi | 20 min | WNW 10 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 81°F | 48°F | 32% | 1018.6 hPa |
| Palo Alto Airport, CA | 23 mi | 27 min | NW 8 | 10.00 mi | Clear | 86°F | 42°F | 22% | 1017.9 hPa |
Link to 5 minute data for KHAF
Wind History from HAF (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | NW | N | N | N | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | NW | Calm | NW | NW | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | SE | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW |
| 1 day ago | N G19 | N | N G15 | N G22 | N | NW | N | E | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | NW | N | NW | NW | NW | NW | N G20 | NW | N G19 | |
| 2 days ago | NW | NW | NW | NW | N | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | N | N | N | NW | NW | N | N G16 | N G16 | NW G22 | NW G19 |
Tide / Current Tables for Seaplane Harbor, San Francisco Bay, California
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Tue -- 12:50 AM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 01:42 AM PDT 0.09 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:24 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 09:00 AM PDT 6.23 feet High Tide
Tue -- 02:20 PM PDT 2.89 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 03:27 PM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 06:22 PM PDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:39 PM PDT 6.66 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Tue -- 12:50 AM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 01:42 AM PDT 0.09 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:24 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 09:00 AM PDT 6.23 feet High Tide
Tue -- 02:20 PM PDT 2.89 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 03:27 PM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 06:22 PM PDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:39 PM PDT 6.66 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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| 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 3.7 |
Tide / Current Tables for Sierra Point 1.3 mi ENE, South San Francisco Bay, California Current
EDIT (on/off) Help One Week of DataSierra Point 1.3 mi ENE
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Tue -- 12:49 AM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 01:57 AM PDT 0.01 knots Slack
Tue -- 05:15 AM PDT 0.94 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 07:24 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 08:51 AM PDT -0.01 knots Slack
Tue -- 11:20 AM PDT -0.63 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 02:23 PM PDT 0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 03:27 PM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:10 PM PDT 0.59 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 06:22 PM PDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:59 PM PDT -0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 11:32 PM PDT -1.20 knots Max Ebb
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Tue -- 12:49 AM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 01:57 AM PDT 0.01 knots Slack
Tue -- 05:15 AM PDT 0.94 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 07:24 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 08:51 AM PDT -0.01 knots Slack
Tue -- 11:20 AM PDT -0.63 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 02:23 PM PDT 0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 03:27 PM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:10 PM PDT 0.59 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 06:22 PM PDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:59 PM PDT -0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 11:32 PM PDT -1.20 knots Max Ebb
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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| -0.8 | -0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -1.2 |
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