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Marine Weather and Tides Joppae, MD 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 6:09AM

Sunset 8:12PM

Friday August 7, 2020 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)

Moonrise 9:37PM

Moonset 8:53AM

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.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Joppae, MD

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Area Discussion for - Baltimore, MD/Washington

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FXUS61 KLWX 070818 AFDLWX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 418 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

SYNOPSIS. A frontal boundary will remain stalled just to the north of the region today. High pressure will build southeast toward the region over the weekend. Another frontal system may affect the region towards the middle of next week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/. Latest analysis depicts a stalled surface front just north of the region. High pressure dominates to the northwest over the Great Lakes. Aloft, a shortwave trough is passing over the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes, with a ridge near Bermuda and El Paso.

Plenty of moisture remains in place early this morning, though convection has dissipated for the time being with the loss of insolation and the passing vorticity aloft. However, with the main shortwave poised to move overhead this afternoon, another round of showers and thunderstorms looks likely as CAPE rapidly builds after the sun comes up. While shear is pretty marginal, enough should be present to produce at least some isolated damaging thunderstorms, while the available moisture and still relatively slow storm motion should allow for more locally heavy rains with a risk of flash flooding. It is possible that storms today are a bit more progressive than what we had yesterday, such that perhaps the highest risk of heavy rain may have passed, but with very moist ground, it won't take a lot for flooding. Highs today again in the 80s with lows tonight in the high 60s and 70s.

Shortwave passes overnight into early Saturday, with high pressure nudging southeast into the region later Saturday. While there will still be a little forcing and instability present, without the trough, storm coverage looks much lower than today, and more likely to be confined in southern and eastern portions of the forecast area. Highs again in the 80s, but likely a few degrees warmer with the additional sun. Enough dry air works in to drop the dew points a few degrees, but still mostly in the low 70s, so remaining humid.

SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/. Very weak ridging will move over the region Saturday night through Sunday night. This should promote dry weather, though high humidity with dew points remaining near 70 or a little higher will still allow some isolated storms to fire in the afternoon. Should be lower coverage than even what we are expecting on Saturday, however, which will be much lower than today. With additional sun and the weak ridge, highs on Sunday should nudge towards 90 for the first time in several days, with heat indices approaching 100.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/. High pressure will be moving offshore on Monday while ridging builds over SE CONUS aloft, and a quasi zonal pattern over us. At the surface the winds will become southerly over our area, which will advect warm and moist air into our region. This pattern will remain through mid week with pulses of shortwave aloft moving across our region. A warming trend will begin on Monday over our area, and with the increase in humidity, heat index values will be able to reach the low 100s over some areas on Tuesday and Wednesday. Additional, each day there will be a chance for afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.

A cold front will approach our region Wednesday and stall near our area through the end of the week. Waves of low pressure will be tracking through it. This will keep the chance for showers and thunderstorms over our area for Wednesday through Friday.

AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. Guidance continues to suggest low clouds and fog may become problems in the next few hours before sunrise, but so far, minimal if any has formed at the terminals. After sunrise, these should wane, with showers and t-storms again being the main hazard this afternoon and evening. Perhaps a bit less risk of low clouds and fog on Saturday morning as drier air works into the region, with much less risk of showers and storms on Saturday and Sunday.

VFR conditions with afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms possible between Monday and Wednesday. This could bring temporary restrictions over the terminals.

MARINE. Winds generally sub-SCA thru the weekend, with the only significant hazard being thunderstorms with gusty winds. Biggest risk by far is today, but a few storms could affect the waters Saturday and Sunday afternoons as well.

Winds will remain below criteria between Monday and Wednesday. Afternoon/evening thunderstorms could bring gusty winds over the waters prompting Special Marine Warnings between Monday and Wednesday.

HYDROLOGY. Antecedent conditions plus high PW's and CAPE should promote more heavy rainers today. New Flash Flood Watch now in effect for areas which appear most prone to storms and flooding. Storms might have a bit more motion today which could limit the flood risk, but some areas will not take much at all given recent flooding.

LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. DC . Flash Flood Watch from noon EDT today through late tonight for DCZ001. MD . Flash Flood Watch from noon EDT today through late tonight for MDZ004>006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508. VA . Flash Flood Watch from noon EDT today through late tonight for VAZ025-026-029-036>040-050>057-501-502-505>508. WV . None. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . RCM NEAR TERM . RCM SHORT TERM . RCM LONG TERM . IMR AVIATION . IMR/RCM MARINE . IMR/RCM HYDROLOGY . RCM

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
BLTM2 - 8574680 - Baltimore, MD	14 mi	53 min	E 2.9 G 5.1	76°F	82°F		1018.7 hPa
TCBM2 - 8573364 - Tolchester Beach, MD	14 mi	59 min	ESE 4.1 G 5.1	74°F	82°F		1019.3 hPa
FSKM2 - 8574728 - Francis Scott Key Bridge, MD	15 mi	53 min	ENE 4.1 G 5.1	76°F			1019.1 hPa
FSNM2	15 mi	71 min	ENE 4.1 G 5.1	75°F			1019 hPa (+1.2)
CPVM2	27 mi	53 min		78°F				73°F
APAM2 - 8575512 - Annapolis, MD	29 mi	53 min	Calm G 1	84°F	83°F		1018.6 hPa
CHCM2 - 8573927 - Chesapeake City, MD	31 mi	53 min			83°F
TPLM2 - Thomas Point, MD	34 mi	71 min	SW 1.9 G 1.9	76°F	82°F		1019.9 hPa (+1.3)	73°F
DELD1 - 8551762 - Delaware City, DE	43 mi	53 min	E 1.9 G 7	73°F	76°F		1019.8 hPa
RDYD1 - 8551910 - Reedy Point, DE	43 mi	53 min			82°F
BSLM2 - Chesapeake Bay, MD	46 mi	161 min	Calm				1018 hPa

Wind History for Tolchester Beach, MD

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Baltimore / Martin, MD	5 mi	17 min	E 3	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	77°F	75°F	94%	1019.6 hPa
Phillips Army Air Field / Aberdeen, MD	11 mi	73 min	N 0	4.00 mi	Fog/Mist	74°F	73°F	99%	1019.6 hPa
Baltimore, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, MD	21 mi	17 min	E 3	9.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	78°F	70°F	76%	1019 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Battery Point, Gunpowder River, Maryland

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Tide / Current Tables for Pond Point, Susquehanna River, Maryland

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Wind Forecast for Baltimore, MD/Washington (9,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Dover AFB, DE

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