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Marine Weather and Tides Modest Town, 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 6:14AM

Sunset 7:59PM

Thursday August 13, 2020 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)

Moonrise 12:00AM

Moonset 2:38PM

Illumination 24%

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 Modest Town, VA

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Area Discussion for - Wakefield, VA

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FXUS61 KAKQ 132329 AFDAKQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wakefield VA 729 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020

SYNOPSIS. A trough of low pressure across the area, will result in numerous showers and and thunderstorms through Friday. A cold front pushes south into Virginia Friday night, then stalls near the Virginia North Carolina border over the weekend.

NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/. As of 725 PM EDT Thursday .

Although ISOLD/SCT SHRAs/tstms remain . coverage/rainfall rates continue to diminish Therefore. will be canceling the Flash Flood Watch shortly. Remaining mostly cloudy overnight w/ patchy FG. Lows mainly 70-75F.

SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/. As of 300 PM EDT Thursday .

Unsettled weather continues into Sunday. Latest NWP guidance suggests that Friday will see continued showers and storms, perhaps focused more east of I-95 as moisture wraps into the area on the west side of the surface low just off the coast. Still, will go with likely pops everywhere on Friday afternoon given the high precipitable water values > 2.0" on Friday. Another area of low pressure develops over the Great Lakes through TN Valley on Friday associated with a weak upper trough. This combined with the continued trough just south of the area will allow for another round of showers and storms during the day on Saturday into Saturday night. Again, with precipitable water values at or above 2 inches, could not rule out heavy rain again. The GFS and ECMWF continue to show the surface trough nearby even into Sunday so another day of showers/storms with locally heavy rain possible again especially Sunday afternoon.

Overall, highs in the mid 80s each day with lows in the lower 70s. Continued very muggy through the weekend.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/. As of 1250 PM EDT Thursday .

An upper trough axis digs into the Great Lakes and northeast early next week, then eventually elongates southward to the GOMEX by the middle of next week. Unfortunately, this means the unsettled pattern will stay with us through much of next week. Monday/Tuesday look to be the least active days (lowest PoPs for next week) with PoPs in the 25-40% range. They then ramp up again by the middle and end of next week. Am not expecting as much heavy rainfall potential as the precipitable water values will not be as high as they are now. Otherwise, temperatures should be seasonable with highs in the mid- upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.

AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. As of 200 PM EDT Thursday .

Plenty of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon as moisture continues to rotate off the ocean and around low pressure over the Carolinas. Best coverage of rain extends from SBY to RIC to southside VA. These areas could see brief reduction to IFR this afternoon. ORF/PHF and ECG will likely stay out of the main rain although CIGS could briefly drop to MVFR through this afternoon. Will likely see CIGS/VSBYS drop to at least MVFR at SBY and RIC overnight. Guidance suggests IFR is possible late tonight into early Fri morning.

Outlook: Nmrs shwrs/tstms cont Fri thru Sat as deep moisture continues to along the the sfc trof/cold front.

MARINE. As of 400 PM EDT Thursday .

Surface area of low pressure is located across eastern North Carolina this afternoon. Winds have become easterly 10-15 kt, with a few brief gusts up to 20 kt. These conditions will continue into Friday. The center of the low is expected to track off the coast, between VA Beach and Kill Devils Hill NC, Friday evening. As the low moves off the coast this weekend, winds will likely become NE 10-20 kt (highest winds still expected for the northern coastal waters). High pressure will be building in from the north as well, enhancing the pressure gradient between it and the low pressure off the coast.

Waves in the Chesapeake Bay will be 1-2 ft through the forecast period. Seas will build from 1-2 ft today and Friday to 3-5 ft this weekend and into early next week.

AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. MD . Flash Flood Watch until midnight EDT tonight for MDZ021>025. NC . None. VA . Flash Flood Watch until midnight EDT tonight for VAZ048- 060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093-095>100-509>525. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . MPR/MRD NEAR TERM . ALB/MRD SHORT TERM . MRD LONG TERM . JDM AVIATION . MPR/MRD MARINE . CP

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
44089	5 mi	39 min			79°F	2 ft
WAHV2 - 8631044 - Wachapreague, VA	18 mi	47 min	E 8.9 G 14	78°F	88°F		1015.3 hPa
RPLV2 - 8632837 - Rappahannock Light, VA	36 mi	47 min	E 12 G 14				1015.5 hPa
OCIM2 - 8570283 - Ocean City Inlet, MD	42 mi	47 min	E 5.1 G 8.9
44058 - Stingray Point, VA	47 mi	23 min	ENE 9.7 G 12	82°F	85°F		1017.6 hPa

Wind History for Rappahannock Light, VA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Wallops Flight Facility Airport, VA	12 mi	71 min	ESE 9	10.00 mi	Fair	78°F	72°F	82%	1015.6 hPa
Melfa / Accomack Airport, VA	21 mi	1.8 hrs	E 3	10.00 mi	Fair	80°F	69°F	70%	1014.9 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KWAL

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Tide / Current Tables for Wallops Island, Virginia (2)

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Tide / Current Tables for Wallops Island, Virginia

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Wind Forecast for Wakefield, VA (20,4,5,8)

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