Northern Chesapeake Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2010-02-09 22:57 EST
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Reedy Point 3.2 ft, Falling Chesapeake City 1.5 ft, Falling
Baltimore 0.3 ft, Falling Tolchester Beach 0.1 ft, Steady
Annapolis 0.2 ft, Rising Washington D.C. 0.3 ft, Falling
Solomons Island 1.0 ft, Rising Lewisetta 1.1 ft, Steady
Windmill Point 0.8 ft, Steady
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Chesapeake City 6 kn E 7 Baltimore 8 kn E 10
NE Tower *** kn *** *** Baltimore Key Bridge 11 kn NE 13
Tolchester Beach 4 kn NE 8 Washington D.C. 3 kn E 9
Cove Point LNG Pier 4 kn ENE 5 Solomons Island 4 kn ENE 4
Piney Point 4 kn E 5 Lewisetta 9 kn E 10
Rapp. Lt Front Range 12 kn NE 14
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Reedy Point 29 °F 33 °F Chesapeake City 29 °F 33 °F
Baltimore 28 °F 36 °F NE Tower *** °F
Baltimore Key Bridge 28 °F Tolchester Beach 28 °F 33 °F
Annapolis 29 °F Washington D.C. 29 °F 35 °F
Cove Point LNG Pier 31 °F Solomons Island 31 °F 37 °F
Lewisetta 33 °F 35 °F
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Reedy Point 1008 mb Falling Chesapeake City 1008 mb Falling
Baltimore 1007 mb Falling NE Tower *** mb
Baltimore Key Bridge 1006 mb Falling Tolchester Beach 1006 mb Falling
Annapolis 1006 mb Falling Washington D.C. 1006 mb Falling
Cove Point LNG Pier 1005 mb Falling Solomons Island 1005 mb Falling
Lewisetta 1005 mb Falling Rapp. Lt Front Range 1003 mb Falling
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Station Salin. S.G. Station Salin. S.G.
Baltimore 10.8 psu 1.01 Lewisetta 8.5 psu 1.01
-----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)-----------------
Reedy Point Bridge 137.8 ft, Incr. Ches. City Bridge 142.1 ft, Incr.
Chesapeake Bay Brdg 190.6 ft, Stdy.
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Reedy Point 0.7 kn (E), 180.0°T Chesapeake City 1.3 kn (E), 268.0°T
Tolch. Front Range 0.7 kn (E), 198.0°T Chesapeake Ch LBB 92 0.4 kn (E), 216.0°T
Cove Point LNG Pier 0.0 kn (S), 271.0°T Potomac R MCh LWB B 0.3 kn (F), 286.0°T
Rapp. Shl Ch LBB 60 0.3 kn (F), 10.0°T
*** Data not displayed as a result of missing data or quality control monitoring. For more
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