Northern Chesapeake Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2012-02-13 15:37 EST
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Reedy Point 4.8 ft, Rising Chesapeake City 3.0 ft, Falling
Baltimore 0.7 ft, Falling Tolchester Beach 0.8 ft, Falling
Annapolis 0.4 ft, Steady Washington D.C. 1.5 ft, Falling
Solomons Island 0.8 ft, Rising Lewisetta 0.9 ft, Rising
Windmill Point 0.9 ft, Steady
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Chesapeake City 6 kn WNW 9 Baltimore 6 kn NNW 10
NE Tower *** kn *** *** Baltimore Key Bridge 12 kn WSW 14
Tolchester Beach 8 kn WSW 9 Washington D.C. 5 kn WSW 9
Cove Point LNG Pier 9 kn WNW 11 Piney Point *** kn *** ***
Lewisetta 7 kn W 10 Rapp. Lt Front Range 12 kn SSW 13
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Reedy Point 45 °F 39 °F Chesapeake City 44 °F 38 °F
Baltimore 46 °F 42 °F NE Tower *** °F
Baltimore Key Bridge 45 °F Tolchester Beach 42 °F 36 °F
Annapolis 46 °F Washington D.C. 47 °F 40 °F
Cove Point LNG Pier 43 °F Solomons Island 42 °F
Lewisetta 45 °F 39 °F
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Reedy Point 1017 mb Falling Chesapeake City 1017 mb Falling
Baltimore 1018 mb Falling NE Tower *** mb
Baltimore Key Bridge 1018 mb Falling Tolchester Beach 1018 mb Falling
Annapolis 1018 mb Falling Washington D.C. 1019 mb Falling
Cove Point LNG Pier 1019 mb Falling Lewisetta 1020 mb Falling
Rapp. Lt Front Range 1019 mb Falling
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Station Salin. S.G. Station Salin. S.G.
Baltimore 8.6 psu 1.008 Lewisetta 6.6 psu 1.006
-----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)-----------------
Reedy Point Bridge 136.1 ft, Stdy. Ches. City Bridge *** ft,
Chesapeake Bay Brdg 190.2 ft, Stdy.
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Reedy Point 0.9 kn (F), 1.0°T Chesapeake City 0.5 kn (F), 94.0°T
Tolch. Front Range *** kn ( ), ***°T Chesapeake Ch LBB 92 *** kn ( ), ***°T
Cove Point LNG Pier *** kn ( ), ***°T Potomac R MCh LWB B *** kn ( ), ***°T
Rapp. Shl Ch LBB 60 0.8 kn (F), 357.0°T
*** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
missing data, go to https://corms.nos.noaa.gov/instrument_status.html or call (301) 713-2540.