Pacific Storm System Across the West; Fire Weather Concerns in the Southeast

A Pacific storm system will bring strong winds and low elevation rain to much of the West Coast, and heavy high elevation mountain snow to the Sierra-Nevada through Wednesday. Fire weather concerns will continue into Tuesday across the Mid-South and Southeast as gusty winds and dry conditions persist. Read More >

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

Latest Marine Discussion:

.MARINE... High pressure builds overhead today. Winds become more southerly through the day today with additional SCAs possible into Wednesday due to southerly channeling. Sub- SCA level winds are expected late Wednesday with winds out of the SW to NW as a cold front crosses. This front may bring a few showers and thunderstorms mainly Wednesday afternoon. Expect sub-advisory level winds for both Thursday and Friday. Weak gradients will favor multiple wind shifts before turning mainly S/SE by Friday night. SCA conditions return for portions of the waters this weekend. Update as of: 355 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2026

Click/Tap on any zone on map below for marine forecast:
Click here for the Synopsis and text forecast.

[LWX marine zones]

NEW FORECAST TOOL: Experimental NWS Marine Forecast Portal

Click on any marine zone on this map to go to a detailed hour-by-hour weather forecast for the next 7 days

Please provide feedback to cody.ledbetter@noaa.gov

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------