Fire Weather Issues; Pacific System Moving Inland

Dry fuels, strong winds and dry weather will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the areas of the Plains, Midwest and Southeast today. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

Map of estimated Water Temperatures
List of Water Temperature observations (at bottom of page/list)

Latest Marine Discussion:

.MARINE... Winds increase again today with a secondary front. A few showers may be accompanied by gusty winds late morning through mid afternoon, and can't rule out an SMW or two. Light winds tonight turn s'ly Tue with additional SCAs possible late Tue into Wed. Sub-SCA level winds are expected late Wed with winds out of the SW/W. Expect sub-advisory level winds for both Thu and Fri. Weak gradients will favor multiple wind shifts before turning mainly S/SE by Fri night. Update as of: 1116 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2026

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Marine Forecasts for the Lower Chesapeake Bay and Eastern VA Rivers

(These forecasts are provided by the Weather Forecast Office in Wakefield, VA)

Lower Chesapeake Bay

Smith Point to Windmill Point

Windmill Point to New Point Comfort

New Point Comfort to Little Creek

Little Creek to Cape Henry Incl. CBBT

Eastern VA Rivers

Rappahannock River (Urbanna-Windmill Pt)

York River

James River (Jamestown-James River Bridge)

James River (James River Bridge-HRBT)

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