Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Poquonock Bridge, CT
April 24, 2024 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC) Change Location
 | Sunrise 5:52 AM Sunset 7:40 PM Moonrise 8:42 PM Moonset 6:00 AM |
ANZ237 Block Island Sound- 105 Am Edt Wed Apr 24 2024
Rest of tonight - SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave detail: se 2 ft at 9 seconds and sw 1 ft at 3 seconds.
Wed - SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave detail: se 4 ft at 11 seconds and sw 3 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of rain. Patchy fog in the afternoon.
Wed night - NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N after midnight. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave detail: se 4 ft at 10 seconds and W 3 ft at 6 seconds.
Thu - N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave detail: sw 3 ft at 7 seconds and se 3 ft at 9 seconds.
Thu night - S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave detail: S 2 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 ft at 3 seconds, becoming E 1 ft at 3 seconds and sw 1 ft at 5 seconds.
Fri and Fri night - SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave detail: E 1 ft at 3 seconds and se 1 ft at 7 seconds.
Sat - SW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Sat night - SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.
Sun and Sun night - SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
ANZ200 105 Am Edt Wed Apr 24 2024
Synopsis for massachusetts and rhode island coastal waters - Cold front sweeps across the waters on Wednesday bringing scattered showers and perhaps a Thunderstorm or two. Winds will shift from the southwest to the west, eventually turning north, by Wednesday night. Winds will gust to as high as 25 to 30kt on northerly flow into Thursday morning. High pressure again builds over the waters for late week.
Area Discussion for - New York City/Upton, NY
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FXUS61 KOKX 240432 AFDOKX
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New York NY 1232 AM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
SYNOPSIS
A frontal system approaches overnight and moves across the area on Wednesday. Strong high pressure then builds in Wednesday night through the end of the week. The high centered over the region on Friday gradually shifts offshore into Saturday then pushes farther south on Sunday as a low from the western Great Lakes moves into Canada. This low brings a warm front Saturday night into Sunday.
We remain between low pressure to the north and high pressure to the south through early next week.
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/
Weakening high pressure offshore continues to give way to an approaching frontal system. Mid and high level moisture increases overnight along with a southerly flow ahead of the system. Most of the night will be dry with a few showers possible in the early morning as the associated warm front moves through the area. Moisture and lift are limited and any of the showers look light. In fact, most CAMs show the activity diminishing as it moves eastward, likely due to dry low levels.
Low temperatures tonight will not be as cold as recent nights with lows in the 40s across the region.
Behind the warm front, a WNW-WSW flow develops late morning into the afternoon. The trailing cold front will quickly sweep across the area from NW to SE middle to late afternoon. Forecast soundings are continuing to show some surface instability.
However, there are still hints of middle level capping along with dry sub cloud. For these reasons, have continued to leave thunder out of the forecast. Some isolated low topped convection may still develop in the afternoon and could contain gusty winds with the inverted V soundings/dry subcloud air. Dew points should start mixing out in the afternoon, but a more substantial drop in dew points is likely late in the afternoon and evening. The westerly component and deep mixing should allow temperatures to rise into the 60s across the entire area. Wind gusts 25-30 mph are possible late in the day. Temperatures could end up around 70 degrees in the NYC metro and urban NE NJ.
SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
Any lingering showers end by sunset with skies quickly becoming clear. The main story for Wednesday night will be the much colder air that settles over the region in response to a strong high pressure building in from southeast Canada. Temperatures are likely to fall into the upper 20s and lower 30s across the interior and middle to upper 30s most elsewhere. Lows in the NYC metro should fall close to 40 degrees. Winds will likely remain up through the night although there is a short window early Thursday morning just before sunrise for winds to lighten across the interior. These areas have a higher probability for seeing temperatures fall below freezing. Have issued a Freeze Watch for interior S CT, Lower Hudson Valley, and W Passaic and W Bergen from 3am through 9am Thursday. Frost will not occur due to the dry air (dew points falling into the teens and low 20s).
Strong high pressure will then dominate the weather Thursday into Thursday night. The center of the high settles overhead on Thursday with winds becoming light. An unseasonably cool air mass in place will lead to below normal temperatures in the 50s. Frost and freeze conditions appear likely again Thursday night into Friday morning with coldest readings inland. Modification of the air mass should lead to more low level moisture and potential frost development.
Additional frost/freeze headlines may be needed. Lows range from the low 30s inland to the middle and upper 30s near the coast.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
An Omega blocking pattern becomes established on Friday, as a deep trough remains across eastern Canada into the northern Atlantic, with another trough through the Rocky Mountain region into the Plains, and a high amplitude ridge in between. As a result, systems will be slow to move eastward into the beginning of next week. And a northern Plains low will be slow to move into the ridge Sunday into Monday.
With surface high pressure over the region moving offshore Saturday, there is a lot of uncertainty with the development and movement of a warm front Saturday night into Sunday, as ridging remains. This warm from will be coming from a low in the western Great Lakes as it moves into Canada to our north. Some isolated to spotty showers could for along the warm front boundary Saturday evening into early Sunday morning.
A deep return flow sets up for late in the upcoming weekend and temperatures initially below normal through Saturday quickly rise to as much as 10-15 degrees above normal Saturday night into the beginning of next week. The warmest day looks to be Monday with the western interior and the NYC metro warming into the low-80s, while the rest of the region will be in the upper-to-mid 70s. Used the NBM guidance through the extended period with the exception of POPs. A weak low will attempt to bring more slight chance POPs to the area on Tuesday with a cold front. Frost headlines look less likely Friday night with the exception of the far interior.
AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
A frontal system will work across the area late tonight into Wednesday. High pressure will then begin to build into the area Wednesday night.
The frontal system will mainly come through the area dry with a low chance of showers, possibly even a thunderstorm Wednesday afternoon. Any sub-VFR conditions will be short-lived with the best chance being during the morning hours.
Southerly winds overnight will generally decrease to 10 kt or less, perhaps a bit stronger at some of the coastal terminals.
Winds will then veer to the SW with the passage of the warm front in the morning, becoming WNW in the afternoon behind the cold front. G15-20kt will develop in the morning, then 20-25kt in the afternoon.
...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty...
A few gusts to around 20kt this evening may persist a bit past 02Z.
Timing of wind shifts with multiple frontal boundaries on Wednesday may vary by 1-2 hours, especially with the shift to WNW.
There is low chance of a thunderstorm along the cold front Wednesday afternoon.
OUTLOOK FOR 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
Wednesday Night: NW-N winds G20-25kt early in the evening, becoming N and diminishing overnight.
Thursday-Friday: VFR.
Saturday-Sunday: VFR. Low chance of MVFR in showers.
Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/ www.weather.gov/zny/n90
MARINE
Wind gusts across the lower New York Harbor have diminished to below 25 kt, and the advisory was allowed to expire.
Strengthening S flow continues overnight. SCA conditions expand eastward across the ocean overnight into Wednesday. Winds will start weakening Wednesday night and especially Thursday, but ocean seas will remain elevated. The SCA remains in effect on the ocean through Wednesday night, but may need to be extended into Thursday.
A weakening pressure gradient will otherwise lead to conditions below SCA levels through the end of the week. High pressure remains in control Saturday, moving offshore Saturday night, with conditions below SCA levels through the weekend.
FIRE WEATHER
RH will be higher for the first half of Wednesday, but increasing W winds in the afternoon will lead to falling RH values. A wetting rainfall is not expected. Elevated fire spread conditions may present themselves for NE NJ in the later parts of the afternoon/early evening as gusts 25-30 mph occur and RH values fall into the lower to middle 30s.
Min RH values will be in the lower 20s on Thursday, but winds will be light and largely under 10 mph.
HYDROLOGY
No hydrologic concerns through early next week.
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for CTZ005>008.
NY...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for NYZ067>070.
NJ...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for NJZ002-103.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory from 5 AM early this morning to 6 AM EDT Thursday for ANZ350.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT Thursday for ANZ353-355.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New York NY 1232 AM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
SYNOPSIS
A frontal system approaches overnight and moves across the area on Wednesday. Strong high pressure then builds in Wednesday night through the end of the week. The high centered over the region on Friday gradually shifts offshore into Saturday then pushes farther south on Sunday as a low from the western Great Lakes moves into Canada. This low brings a warm front Saturday night into Sunday.
We remain between low pressure to the north and high pressure to the south through early next week.
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/
Weakening high pressure offshore continues to give way to an approaching frontal system. Mid and high level moisture increases overnight along with a southerly flow ahead of the system. Most of the night will be dry with a few showers possible in the early morning as the associated warm front moves through the area. Moisture and lift are limited and any of the showers look light. In fact, most CAMs show the activity diminishing as it moves eastward, likely due to dry low levels.
Low temperatures tonight will not be as cold as recent nights with lows in the 40s across the region.
Behind the warm front, a WNW-WSW flow develops late morning into the afternoon. The trailing cold front will quickly sweep across the area from NW to SE middle to late afternoon. Forecast soundings are continuing to show some surface instability.
However, there are still hints of middle level capping along with dry sub cloud. For these reasons, have continued to leave thunder out of the forecast. Some isolated low topped convection may still develop in the afternoon and could contain gusty winds with the inverted V soundings/dry subcloud air. Dew points should start mixing out in the afternoon, but a more substantial drop in dew points is likely late in the afternoon and evening. The westerly component and deep mixing should allow temperatures to rise into the 60s across the entire area. Wind gusts 25-30 mph are possible late in the day. Temperatures could end up around 70 degrees in the NYC metro and urban NE NJ.
SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
Any lingering showers end by sunset with skies quickly becoming clear. The main story for Wednesday night will be the much colder air that settles over the region in response to a strong high pressure building in from southeast Canada. Temperatures are likely to fall into the upper 20s and lower 30s across the interior and middle to upper 30s most elsewhere. Lows in the NYC metro should fall close to 40 degrees. Winds will likely remain up through the night although there is a short window early Thursday morning just before sunrise for winds to lighten across the interior. These areas have a higher probability for seeing temperatures fall below freezing. Have issued a Freeze Watch for interior S CT, Lower Hudson Valley, and W Passaic and W Bergen from 3am through 9am Thursday. Frost will not occur due to the dry air (dew points falling into the teens and low 20s).
Strong high pressure will then dominate the weather Thursday into Thursday night. The center of the high settles overhead on Thursday with winds becoming light. An unseasonably cool air mass in place will lead to below normal temperatures in the 50s. Frost and freeze conditions appear likely again Thursday night into Friday morning with coldest readings inland. Modification of the air mass should lead to more low level moisture and potential frost development.
Additional frost/freeze headlines may be needed. Lows range from the low 30s inland to the middle and upper 30s near the coast.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
An Omega blocking pattern becomes established on Friday, as a deep trough remains across eastern Canada into the northern Atlantic, with another trough through the Rocky Mountain region into the Plains, and a high amplitude ridge in between. As a result, systems will be slow to move eastward into the beginning of next week. And a northern Plains low will be slow to move into the ridge Sunday into Monday.
With surface high pressure over the region moving offshore Saturday, there is a lot of uncertainty with the development and movement of a warm front Saturday night into Sunday, as ridging remains. This warm from will be coming from a low in the western Great Lakes as it moves into Canada to our north. Some isolated to spotty showers could for along the warm front boundary Saturday evening into early Sunday morning.
A deep return flow sets up for late in the upcoming weekend and temperatures initially below normal through Saturday quickly rise to as much as 10-15 degrees above normal Saturday night into the beginning of next week. The warmest day looks to be Monday with the western interior and the NYC metro warming into the low-80s, while the rest of the region will be in the upper-to-mid 70s. Used the NBM guidance through the extended period with the exception of POPs. A weak low will attempt to bring more slight chance POPs to the area on Tuesday with a cold front. Frost headlines look less likely Friday night with the exception of the far interior.
AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
A frontal system will work across the area late tonight into Wednesday. High pressure will then begin to build into the area Wednesday night.
The frontal system will mainly come through the area dry with a low chance of showers, possibly even a thunderstorm Wednesday afternoon. Any sub-VFR conditions will be short-lived with the best chance being during the morning hours.
Southerly winds overnight will generally decrease to 10 kt or less, perhaps a bit stronger at some of the coastal terminals.
Winds will then veer to the SW with the passage of the warm front in the morning, becoming WNW in the afternoon behind the cold front. G15-20kt will develop in the morning, then 20-25kt in the afternoon.
...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty...
A few gusts to around 20kt this evening may persist a bit past 02Z.
Timing of wind shifts with multiple frontal boundaries on Wednesday may vary by 1-2 hours, especially with the shift to WNW.
There is low chance of a thunderstorm along the cold front Wednesday afternoon.
OUTLOOK FOR 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
Wednesday Night: NW-N winds G20-25kt early in the evening, becoming N and diminishing overnight.
Thursday-Friday: VFR.
Saturday-Sunday: VFR. Low chance of MVFR in showers.
Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/ www.weather.gov/zny/n90
MARINE
Wind gusts across the lower New York Harbor have diminished to below 25 kt, and the advisory was allowed to expire.
Strengthening S flow continues overnight. SCA conditions expand eastward across the ocean overnight into Wednesday. Winds will start weakening Wednesday night and especially Thursday, but ocean seas will remain elevated. The SCA remains in effect on the ocean through Wednesday night, but may need to be extended into Thursday.
A weakening pressure gradient will otherwise lead to conditions below SCA levels through the end of the week. High pressure remains in control Saturday, moving offshore Saturday night, with conditions below SCA levels through the weekend.
FIRE WEATHER
RH will be higher for the first half of Wednesday, but increasing W winds in the afternoon will lead to falling RH values. A wetting rainfall is not expected. Elevated fire spread conditions may present themselves for NE NJ in the later parts of the afternoon/early evening as gusts 25-30 mph occur and RH values fall into the lower to middle 30s.
Min RH values will be in the lower 20s on Thursday, but winds will be light and largely under 10 mph.
HYDROLOGY
No hydrologic concerns through early next week.
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for CTZ005>008.
NY...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for NYZ067>070.
NJ...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for NJZ002-103.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory from 5 AM early this morning to 6 AM EDT Thursday for ANZ350.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT Thursday for ANZ353-355.
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
| NLHC3 | 5 mi | 53 min | 45°F | 56°F | 29.99 | |||
| MTKN6 - 8510560 - Montauk, NY | 20 mi | 53 min | 45°F | 48°F | 29.95 | |||
| QPTR1 - 8454049 - Quonset Point, RI | 37 mi | 53 min | WSW 5.1G | 43°F | 30.01 | |||
| PDVR1 | 38 mi | 53 min | SW 2.9G | 41°F | 29.99 | 35°F | ||
| NWPR1 - 8452660 - Newport, RI | 39 mi | 53 min | SW 8.9G | 46°F | 50°F | 30.00 | ||
| NAXR1 - Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI | 42 mi | 68 min | WNW 5.1 | 44°F | 30.01 | 37°F | ||
| PRUR1 | 42 mi | 53 min | 44°F | 36°F | ||||
| PTCR1 - 8452951 - Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI | 42 mi | 53 min | WSW 6G | 44°F | 30.02 | |||
| CPTR1 - 8452944 - Conimicut Light, RI | 45 mi | 53 min | S 6G | 43°F | 51°F | 30.00 | ||
| PVDR1 | 46 mi | 53 min | SSW 5.1G | 43°F | 30.01 | 35°F | ||
| FOXR1 - 8454000 - Providence, RI | 47 mi | 53 min | S 1.9G | 43°F | 49°F | 30.00 | ||
| NWHC3 - 8465705 - New Haven, CT | 47 mi | 53 min | SSW 9.9G | 48°F | 50°F | 29.99 |
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Airport Reports
EDIT (hide/show) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
| KGON GROTONNEW LONDON,CT | 2 sm | 56 min | SSW 08 | 10 sm | Clear | 46°F | 37°F | 71% | 29.99 | |
| KWST WESTERLY STATE,RI | 12 sm | 59 min | SSW 04 | 10 sm | Clear | 45°F | 36°F | 70% | 30.00 | |
| KMTP MONTAUK,NY | 18 sm | 58 min | calm | -- | 46°F | 37°F | 71% | 30.02 |
Tide / Current for Noank, Mystic River entrance, Connecticut
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Noank
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Tue -- 04:00 AM EDT 0.13 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 05:38 AM EDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:55 AM EDT Sunrise
Tue -- 09:32 AM EDT 2.23 feet High Tide
Tue -- 04:01 PM EDT 0.33 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:36 PM EDT Moonrise
Tue -- 07:37 PM EDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:51 PM EDT Full Moon
Tue -- 09:40 PM EDT 2.75 feet High Tide
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Tue -- 04:00 AM EDT 0.13 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 05:38 AM EDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:55 AM EDT Sunrise
Tue -- 09:32 AM EDT 2.23 feet High Tide
Tue -- 04:01 PM EDT 0.33 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:36 PM EDT Moonrise
Tue -- 07:37 PM EDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:51 PM EDT Full Moon
Tue -- 09:40 PM EDT 2.75 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Noank, Mystic River entrance, Connecticut, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 1.7 |
| 1 am |
| 1.3 |
| 2 am |
| 0.7 |
| 3 am |
| 0.3 |
| 4 am |
| 0.1 |
| 5 am |
| 0.3 |
| 6 am |
| 0.9 |
| 7 am |
| 1.5 |
| 8 am |
| 1.9 |
| 9 am |
| 2.2 |
| 10 am |
| 2.2 |
| 11 am |
| 2 |
| 12 pm |
| 1.6 |
| 1 pm |
| 1.2 |
| 2 pm |
| 0.8 |
| 3 pm |
| 0.5 |
| 4 pm |
| 0.3 |
| 5 pm |
| 0.5 |
| 6 pm |
| 1.1 |
| 7 pm |
| 1.8 |
| 8 pm |
| 2.3 |
| 9 pm |
| 2.7 |
| 10 pm |
| 2.7 |
| 11 pm |
| 2.5 |
The Race
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Tue -- 02:46 AM EDT -3.16 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 05:38 AM EDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:56 AM EDT Sunrise
Tue -- 06:05 AM EDT 0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 08:51 AM EDT 2.60 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 12:07 PM EDT -0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 03:02 PM EDT -2.77 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 06:07 PM EDT 0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 07:36 PM EDT Moonrise
Tue -- 07:37 PM EDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:51 PM EDT Full Moon
Tue -- 09:00 PM EDT 2.73 knots Max Flood
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Tue -- 02:46 AM EDT -3.16 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 05:38 AM EDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:56 AM EDT Sunrise
Tue -- 06:05 AM EDT 0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 08:51 AM EDT 2.60 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 12:07 PM EDT -0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 03:02 PM EDT -2.77 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 06:07 PM EDT 0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 07:36 PM EDT Moonrise
Tue -- 07:37 PM EDT Sunset
Tue -- 07:51 PM EDT Full Moon
Tue -- 09:00 PM EDT 2.73 knots Max Flood
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The Race, Long Island Sound, New York Current, knots
| 12 am |
| -0.5 |
| 1 am |
| -1.9 |
| 2 am |
| -2.9 |
| 3 am |
| -3.1 |
| 4 am |
| -2.6 |
| 5 am |
| -1.5 |
| 6 am |
| -0.1 |
| 7 am |
| 1.3 |
| 8 am |
| 2.3 |
| 9 am |
| 2.6 |
| 10 am |
| 2.2 |
| 11 am |
| 1.4 |
| 12 pm |
| 0.2 |
| 1 pm |
| -1.2 |
| 2 pm |
| -2.3 |
| 3 pm |
| -2.8 |
| 4 pm |
| -2.4 |
| 5 pm |
| -1.4 |
| 6 pm |
| -0.2 |
| 7 pm |
| 1.2 |
| 8 pm |
| 2.3 |
| 9 pm |
| 2.7 |
| 10 pm |
| 2.4 |
| 11 pm |
| 1.5 |
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