####018010106#### FZUS51 KLWX 241255 CWFLWX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 Tidal Potomac River and Maryland portion of Chesapeake Bay. Forecasts of wave heights do not include effects of wind direction relative to tidal currents. Expect higher waves when winds are blowing against the tidal flow. ANZ500-242015- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... A frontal boundary will slowly drift southward across the waters today before dissipating. This system eventually redevelops north of the area for the weekend before a stronger cold front reaches the area on Monday. A secondary front could follow in the wake by mid- week. Small Craft Advisories may be needed on Monday. $$ ANZ535-242015- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...Light winds. Waves 1 ft or less. Scattered showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...Light winds. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SUN...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming W after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ536-242015- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...Light winds. Waves 1 ft or less. Scattered showers. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...Light winds. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SUN...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ537-242015- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island to Smith Point- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...N winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Scattered showers. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ530-242015- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...E winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .TONIGHT...Light winds. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms through the day. Showers likely. Tstms likely through the night. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ531-242015- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...NE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Isolated showers early this morning. .TONIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ538-242015- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .TONIGHT...Light winds. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming W after midnight. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ539-242015- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...N winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...Light winds. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ532-242015- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...NE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Scattered showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ540-242015- Eastern Bay- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...NE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Isolated showers. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ533-242015- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...N winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Scattered showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ541-242015- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...N winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Scattered showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ542-242015- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Scattered showers. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SAT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. A chance of showers through the night. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ534-242015- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point to Smith Point- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Scattered showers. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW after midnight. Waves 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 10 kt...becoming SW. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ANZ543-242015- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island- 855 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .TODAY...W winds 5 kt. Waves flat. Scattered showers. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Waves flat. .SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft. A chance of showers. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SW after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. A chance of tstms. .TUE...W winds 10 kt...becoming SW. Waves 1 ft. Winds and waves higher and visibilities lower in and near tstms. $$ ####018002574#### FQZA30 FAPR 241300 CCA WEATHER BULLETIN FOR COASTAL WATERS UP TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES SEAWARD. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 24th OF MAY 2024 AT 13:00 UTC. FORECAST VALID FROM 242200 to 252200 UTC: WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METRES. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS THAN 2M. NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS. INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5. WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS THAT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER. THESE ESTIMATES OF WINDS AND WAVES DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ENHANCING EFFECTS OF THE AGULHAS CURRENT OFF THE SOUTH AFRICAN EAST COAST. NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS. ====================== COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO. ALERTS: ======= WARNING: -------- 1. Poor visibility in fog patches is expected between Walvis Bay and Hondeklip Bay. 2. Moderate visibility in showers and rain is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Maputo clearing in the evening. WATCH: ------ Nil. SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES: -------------------------- Nil. ABNORMAL WAVE CONDITIONS: ------------------------- Nil. AREA FORECAST: -------------- CUNENE RIVER TO WALVIS BAY: WIND : S to SE 10 to 20. VIS : Good. SEA STATE: 2.0m, with SW swell. WALVIS BAY TO ORANGE RIVER: WIND : S to SE 15 to 25. VIS : Poor in fog. SEA STATE: 2.0 to 3.0m, with S to SW swell. ORANGE RIVER TO CAPE AGULHAS WIND : SE to S 05 to 15, reaching 20 to 30 between Columbine and Betty's Bay until mid-morning. VIS : Good, but very poor in fog between Alexander Bay and Hondeklip Bay at first. SEA STATE: 2.5 to 3.5m, with S to SW swell. CAPE AGULHAS TO EAST LONDON WIND : E to NE 10 to 20, becoming S to SW 05 to 15 west of Algoa Bay by end of period. VIS : Moderate in showers and rain, clearing west of George area from late morning. SEA STATE: 2.5 to 3.5m with SW swell. EAST LONDON TO MAPUTO: WIND : S to SE 10 to 20 becoming E to NE 15 to 25 from the south tomorrow morning, spreading to Maputo by tomorrow evening. SEA STATE: 2.0 to 2.5m, SW swell, but SE in the north. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : E to SE 10 to 15 reaching 20 to 25 in the north but SW 10 to 20 in the east. VIS : Good but moderate in isolated thundershowers in the north.