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Marine Weather and Tides Shady Side, MD Version 3.4

NOTICE 8/26/2020 The 7 day forecast is taking about 5 seconds to load but it will eventually load. NOAA is still working on it. 8/18/2020 NOAA continues to have trouble. Wind guest will occasionally be left off graphs. I am working with NOAA to resolve the issue. 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 6:57AM

Sunset 6:55PM

Sunday September 27, 2020 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)

Moonrise 4:18PM

Moonset 1:35AM

Illumination 79%

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 Shady Side, MD

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Area Discussion for - Baltimore, MD/Washington

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FXUS61 KLWX 271429 AFDLWX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1029 AM EDT Sun Sep 27 2020

SYNOPSIS. A ridge of high pressure will remain over the region this afternoon. A cold front will move across the area late Tuesday night followed by a second reinforcing cold front Friday. High pressure will build over the region toward the end of the week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/. Widespread low clouds/fog remain prominent across much of the northern and central Shenandoah Valley, the eastern West Virginia Panhandle, and parts of western Maryland. A Dense Fog Advisory remains in effect through 11am for these areas, while the Dense Fog Advisory for east of the Blue Ridge in central Virginia and over southern Maryland has been allowed to expire.

As for any precipitation, an occasional light shower, sprinkles, or even some light to moderate drizzle is occurring over northeastern and southern parts of Maryland as a light easterly flow brings in moisture from the Chesapeake Bay.

The remainder of the region and for all regions this afternoon will turn out to be a nice afternoon with high pressure overhead and a few breaks of sunshine. Temperatures will climb into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees this afternoon.

An upper level trough will move across the area overnight and exit to the northeast by 12Z Monday. Expect mainly a high level overcast with this feature with little or no shower activity.

SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/. There will be shortwave-ridging overhead Monday behind departing shortwave-trough. Not expecting much in the way of wx, although guidance show some light showers possible over the mtns. It should be a touch warmer due to more sunshine and strengthening srly flow. Chance of showers will increase Mon night as heights begin to fall and cold front approaches the Appalachians.

Swrly flow aloft is expected to increase over the area Tue night ahead of cutoff low moving across the TN Valley. Multiple areas of low pressure are expected to develop across the Mid-Atlantic region Tue night-Wed time frame with showers and possible t-storms expected especially in the late Tue night-Wed time frame. Heavy rainfall is possible during this time frame as training occurs and slow moving upper low and associated frontal zone moves across the area.

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/. By Wednesday morning, a highly amplified flow pattern will be in place across the CONUS, with an expansive ridge in place along the West Coast, and a deep trough in place over the Great Lakes. This broad trough will begin to interact with a cutoff that was deposited over the southeast US by a highly amplified trough the previous day. As a result, the much smaller cutoff will be drawn northeastward toward the Mid-Atlantic later Wednesday into Wednesday Night, before ultimately being absorbed into the much larger trough to its northwest. As the remnant mid-upper level low from the previously cutoff system accelerates toward the northeast, synoptic scale forcing for ascent immediately in advance of the feature will overspread the area, leading to rainy conditions across the area. There is still some uncertainty with respect to where exactly the closed upper low will track, but conditions appear favorable for a soaking rain along the path it takes, given favorable jet dynamics and a plume of very high precipitable water values in place within the warm conveyor belt region of the system just to our east. The combination of antecedent wet conditions from rains the previous day and the potential for additional moderate to heavy rainfall suggests that flooding could potentially be an issue. Current guidance has us on the cool side of the surface boundary along which the developing surface low will track, leading to stable conditions at the surface. As a result, severe thunderstorms aren't expected at this time. However, if the track of the system were to trend westward and we end up in the warm sector, severe thunderstorms could be possible given the impressive wind field aloft.

A few lingering showers may be possible on Thursday, but the trend will be for conditions to dry out as we move toward the end of the week. Temperatures will run well below normal (highs in the 50s and 60s), with large scale troughing in place over the eastern half of the CONUS.

AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/. IFR/LIFR conditions through 15Z this morning for MRB terminal due to low clouds/fog. No sig wx expected through Monday. Chances of rain increase Monday night with risk of thunderstorms Tue-Tue night. MVFR cigs restrictions developing late Tue night in rain/showers with first frontal passage.

Sub-VFR conditions appear likely on Wednesday as rain moves through the area. Conditions should improve to VFR by Thursday.

MARINE. SCA conditions are possible beginning late tonight, but are more likely Monday afternoon through the middle of the week.

Small Craft Advisory level winds appear possible in westerly flow Wednesday Night into Thursday in westerly flow behind a departing area of low pressure. Winds should return to sub-SCA levels by Friday.

EQUIPMENT. The KLWX (Sterling, VA) WSR-88D remains out of service until further notice. The outage is due to a failure within the Radar Data Acquisition Functional Area that occurred early in the morning on September 20, 2020.

Saturday morning, technicians from the National Weather Service Radar Operations Center diagnosed a failure in the bull-gear. This will cause a lengthy delay in returning KLWX WSR-88D to service. Staff from the WSR-88D Radar Operations Center, NWS Eastern Region Headquarters, and the Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office (WFO) will meet Monday, September 28 to determine the next steps. At that time, we will provide you with another update on the repair and expected time to return KLWX to service. At this point, the radar will be out of service for at least another week or two.

Users of KLWX can utilize adjacent weather radars located in Dover DE (KDOX), Mt. Holly NJ (KDIX), Pittsburgh PA (KPBZ), Charleston WV (KRLX), Blacksburg VA (KFCX), and Wakefield VA (KAKQ).

Further updates to keep users informed about the situation will be issued as information becomes available. Thank you for your understanding during this extended outage.

LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. DC . None. MD . Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for MDZ502. VA . Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for VAZ026>031. WV . Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for WVZ050>053- 055-502-504. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . LFR NEAR TERM . LFR/KLW SHORT TERM . LFR LONG TERM . KJP AVIATION . KLW/KJP MARINE . KLW/KJP EQUIPMENT . BRO

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
TPLM2 - Thomas Point, MD	3 mi	37 min	Calm G 1	70°F	71°F		1015.7 hPa (-1.0)	70°F
APAM2 - 8575512 - Annapolis, MD	9 mi	49 min	E 5.1 G 5.1	72°F	71°F		1014.5 hPa
CPVM2	10 mi	49 min		70°F				69°F
BSLM2 - Chesapeake Bay, MD	14 mi	127 min	Calm				1015 hPa
44062 - Gooses Reef, MD	21 mi	37 min	WNW 1.9 G 1.9	70°F	72°F
FSKM2 - 8574728 - Francis Scott Key Bridge, MD	25 mi	49 min	SSE 2.9 G 4.1	69°F			1014.9 hPa
FSNM2	25 mi	49 min	SE 1.9 G 2.9	68°F			1014.7 hPa
TCBM2 - 8573364 - Tolchester Beach, MD	27 mi	55 min	WNW 2.9 G 4.1	71°F	70°F		1015.1 hPa
BLTM2 - 8574680 - Baltimore, MD	29 mi	49 min	SSW 2.9 G 4.1	71°F	74°F		1014.5 hPa
CA2 - 8571892 - Cambridge, MD	29 mi	49 min	WNW 1.9 G 2.9	74°F	69°F		1014.5 hPa
WASD2 - 8594900 - Washington, DC	30 mi	49 min	SW 1.9 G 1.9	73°F	69°F		1014.9 hPa
COVM2 - 8577018 - Cove Point LNG Pier, MD	32 mi	49 min	SE 4.1 G 4.1				1015.3 hPa
SLIM2 - 8577330 - Solomons Island, MD	37 mi	49 min	Calm G 1	71°F	71°F		1014.6 hPa
NCDV2	48 mi	55 min	Calm G 1	73°F	70°F		1014.3 hPa

Wind History for Francis Scott Key Bridge, MD

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, MD	8 mi	43 min	SE 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	71°F	71°F	100%	1015 hPa
Bay Bridge Field, MD	11 mi	42 min	W 4	5.00 mi	Overcast with Haze	70°F	0°F	%	1014.9 hPa
Easton / Newman Field, MD	21 mi	47 min	SE 3	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	79°F	71°F	79%	1015.9 hPa
Camp Springs / Andrews Air Force Base, MD	22 mi	41 min	SE 4	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	72°F	68°F	89%	1015.1 hPa
Fort Meade / Tipton, MD	23 mi	42 min	ESE 4	10.00 mi	Overcast	72°F	68°F	88%	1015.6 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KNAK

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Tide / Current Tables for Thomas Point Shoal Light, Maryland

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