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Marine Weather and Tides
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Sunrise 6:46AM | Sunset 5:55PM | Wednesday February 24, 2021 12:21 PM EST (17:21 UTC) | Moonrise 2:55PM | Moonset 5:23AM | Illumination 95% | ![]() |
ANZ530 Chesapeake Bay North Of Pooles Island Md- Chesapeake Bay From Pooles Island To Sandy Point Md- Chesapeake Bay From Sandy Point To North Beach Md- Chesapeake Bay From North Beach To Drum Point Md- Chesapeake Bay From Drum Point Md To Smith Point Va- Tidal Potomac From Key Bridge To Indian Head Md- Tidal Potomac From Indian Head To Cobb Island Md- Tidal Potomac From Cobb Island Md To Smith Point Va- Patapsco River Including Baltimore Harbor- Chester River To Queenstown Md-eastern Bay- Choptank River To Cambridge Md And The Little Choptank River- Patuxent River To Broomes Island Md- Tangier Sound And The Inland Waters Surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 245 Am Est Fri Jan 29 2021
.blowout tides today... Strong northwesterly winds will continue through today. This will result in blow-out tides across the chesapeake bay, tidal potomac and adjacent estruaries. Water levels will be more than 1 foot below normal. Mariners should check navigation charts and be careful not to ground your vessel...particularly when boating away from the main channel. Diminishing winds tonight and Saturday should allow tide levels to begin rebounding.
.blowout tides today... Strong northwesterly winds will continue through today. This will result in blow-out tides across the chesapeake bay, tidal potomac and adjacent estruaries. Water levels will be more than 1 foot below normal. Mariners should check navigation charts and be careful not to ground your vessel...particularly when boating away from the main channel. Diminishing winds tonight and Saturday should allow tide levels to begin rebounding.
ANZ500 939 Am Est Wed Feb 24 2021
Synopsis for the tidal potomac and md portion of the chesapeake bay.. High pressure will move offshore today with a cold front passing through tonight. High pressure will return for Thursday into Friday, but low pressure may impact the waters later Friday into the weekend. Small craft advisories may be needed for portions of the waters tongiht into Thursday.
Synopsis for the tidal potomac and md portion of the chesapeake bay.. High pressure will move offshore today with a cold front passing through tonight. High pressure will return for Thursday into Friday, but low pressure may impact the waters later Friday into the weekend. Small craft advisories may be needed for portions of the waters tongiht into Thursday.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Harrisburg, PA
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Area Discussion for - State College, PA
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 1056 AM EST Wed Feb 24 2021
SYNOPSIS. Spring fever in the air today with the warmest temperatures of 2021 forecast across central PA. Brief rain showers are expected later this afternoon/evening before conditions dry out tonight through Friday. A period of light mixed precipitation is likely Saturday morning. Temperatures should average near to above normal through the end of the month.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/. Celebratory feelings abound as this afternoon will feature the warmest temps of 2021 thus far, and lots of sunshine through the early to mid afternoon. Transient sfc ridge axis slides off the coast by mid afternoon. Gradient SSW flow is already increasing as a result with 15 to 20 kt gusts west of the Alleghenies as per latest METARs. SFc low pressure tracks to the Saint Lawrence Valley by 00Z Thu, with a moisture challenged cold front trailing the sfc low to the south. Increasing clouds and POPs for the mid to late afternoon hours as the front approaches and crosses, with highest POPs and QPF focused over the NW Alleghenies into the Laurel Highlands where upslope flow is maximized at nose of 50kt west- southwest LLJ. Rain showers should have a hard time reaching southeast of I-81 due to the marginal moisture and some downslope component.
Afternoon maxes spike 5-10F warmer than yesterday and 10-15 degrees above average for late Feb. Spring fever will be in the air with many locations seeing their warmest temperatures of 2021. Although offset a bit by increasing clouds and snow cover, the strong WAA pattern combined with gusty prefrontal south- southwest flow is a signal to exceed model maxT guidance. Forecast is above NBM but below the unrealistic HRRR. The ridge/valley region to the south of State College toward the MD line should make a run at 60F!
Max wind gusts are not as high as yesterday and should peak in the 25 to 35 mph range this afternoon.
Conditions dry out with decreasing clouds over most of the area tonight. Colder air and post-frontal WNW flow should keep low clouds and some snow showers/flurries over the western high terrain early tonight before fading into Thursday morning. Low temps around 25F in the NW to 35F in the southeast are 5-10F above climo averages.
SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/. Temps trend colder on Thursday back to near climo. HP migrating from the Ohio Valley over central PA will provide fair and dry wx through Friday.
WAA pattern becomes established Friday night with increasing clouds. Given typically faster progression of WAA precip and broad 24/00Z model support, we were keen to ramp up POPs into low likely range (55-60%) late Friday night into early Saturday morning across much of south central PA. There are still some details to resolve heading into Saturday regarding timing which play a role in determining ptypes.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. 430AM Update: In coordination with neighboring offices, we increased POPs into the low likely range (55-60%) for the entire CWA early Saturday as probs for light precip trend higher. The main question or uncertainty has to to with thermal profiles and resulting p-types with the potential for light snow and freezing rain.
Previous Discussion Issued: 1127 PM EST Tue Feb 23 2021
Surface ridging building east off the Atlantic Coast looks to usher in some marine moisture, along with moisture/warm air advection increasing from the southwest as winds aloft back southwesterly Friday into Saturday. Will have to monitor the threat for some potential freezing rain given the antecedent cold airmass and incoming warm nose aloft. Given uncertainty at this point in the depth of the warm/cold layers, have maintained a rain/snow mix.
The rain ends later on Saturday, but more rain will be possible late Sunday into Monday, ahead of what could materialize as a more potent frontal system. The rain could mix with snow, as colder air works southward later Sunday into Monday. Models show a lot of spread at this time range, but cooler air looks to move into the Commonwealth for early week.
AVIATION /16Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/. VFR conditions expected into this afternoon with just some high level clouds overhead. A cold front will move through this afternoon and early evening creating sct/nmrs SHRA, especially from UNV, AOO, IPT on west which could result in some brief restrictions. LLWS is likely to develop again this evening into Wednesday night. The air turns colder Wed night, and sct/isold SHSN will be nearby BFD and JST.
Thurs . MVFR cigs for most terminals. SHSN/IFR poss BFD/JST.
Fri . No sig wx.
Saturday . Restrictions possible in numerous SHRA.
Sunday . Mainly dry to start, then showers possible.
CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. None.
SYNOPSIS . Steinbugl NEAR TERM . DeVoir/Steinbugl SHORT TERM . Steinbugl LONG TERM . Guseman/Steinbugl/Martin AVIATION . DeVoir/Dangelo
Weather Reporting Stations
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BLTM2 - 8574680 - Baltimore, MD | 72 mi | 51 min | S 8 G 9.9 | 50°F | 38°F | 1017.6 hPa | ||
FSKM2 - 8574728 - Francis Scott Key Bridge, MD | 76 mi | 51 min | SSE 16 G 18 | 49°F | 1017.9 hPa | |||
CHCM2 - 8573927 - Chesapeake City, MD | 77 mi | 51 min | SSW 7 G 9.9 | 52°F | 36°F | 1018.6 hPa |
Wind History for Baltimore, MD
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Last 24hr | NW G15 | W G21 | NW G18 | NW G18 | NW G17 | NW G14 | NW G8 | NW G11 | NW G7 | NW G6 | SW | W | NW | -- | -- | N | W | SW | SW | S | SE | S | S | S G12 |
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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 |
Harrisburg, Capital City Airport, PA | 4 mi | 25 min | Var 6 G 14 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 53°F | 26°F | 35% | 1016.1 hPa |
Harrisburg, Harrisburg International Airport, PA | 8 mi | 25 min | SE 8 | 10.00 mi | Mostly Cloudy | 49°F | 28°F | 44% | 1015.9 hPa |
Muir Army Air Field / Indiantown, PA | 20 mi | 25 min | S 4 | 10.00 mi | A Few Clouds | 46°F | 27°F | 47% | 1016.4 hPa |
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Wind History from CXY (wind in knots)
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Tide / Current Tables for Port Deposit, Susquehanna River, Maryland
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Wed -- 04:07 AM EST 0.25 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 05:18 AM EST Moonset
Wed -- 06:44 AM EST Sunrise
Wed -- 07:58 AM EST 1.28 feet High Tide
Wed -- 02:53 PM EST Moonrise
Wed -- 03:00 PM EST -0.36 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 05:51 PM EST Sunset
Wed -- 08:53 PM EST 2.22 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Wed -- 04:07 AM EST 0.25 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 05:18 AM EST Moonset
Wed -- 06:44 AM EST Sunrise
Wed -- 07:58 AM EST 1.28 feet High Tide
Wed -- 02:53 PM EST Moonrise
Wed -- 03:00 PM EST -0.36 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 05:51 PM EST Sunset
Wed -- 08:53 PM EST 2.22 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
12 am | 1 am | 2 am | 3 am | 4 am | 5 am | 6 am | 7 am | 8 am | 9 am | 10 am | 11 am | 12 pm | 1 pm | 2 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm | 8 pm | 9 pm | 10 pm | 11 pm |
1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -0 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Tide / Current Tables for Havre de Grace, Susquehanna River, Maryland
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Wed -- 02:30 AM EST 0.07 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 05:17 AM EST Moonset
Wed -- 06:44 AM EST Sunrise
Wed -- 08:01 AM EST 1.43 feet High Tide
Wed -- 01:37 PM EST 0.21 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 02:53 PM EST Moonrise
Wed -- 05:51 PM EST Sunset
Wed -- 07:42 PM EST 2.26 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Wed -- 02:30 AM EST 0.07 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 05:17 AM EST Moonset
Wed -- 06:44 AM EST Sunrise
Wed -- 08:01 AM EST 1.43 feet High Tide
Wed -- 01:37 PM EST 0.21 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 02:53 PM EST Moonrise
Wed -- 05:51 PM EST Sunset
Wed -- 07:42 PM EST 2.26 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
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