Chesapeake Bay North PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2024-04-27 08:23 EDT
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Windmill Point 1.2 ft, Falling Lewisetta 1.7 ft, Falling
Dahlgren 2.6 ft, Falling Washington D.C. 3.1 ft, Rising
Solomons Island 1.9 ft, Falling Annapolis 2.6 ft, Steady
Baltimore 2.6 ft, Rising Chesapeake City 1.4 ft, Rising
Tolchester Beach 2.6 ft, Rising Reedy Point 1.2 ft, Falling
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Lewisetta 7 kn SE 9 Dahlgren 11 kn SE 13
Rapp. Lt Front Range 15 kn E 17 Washington D.C. 3 kn SSE 6
Piney Point 14 kn SSE 18 Solomons Island 10 kn ESE 12
Cove Point LNG Pier 12 kn ENE 15 Annapolis 7 kn ESE 9
Curtis Bay Ch. Entr 7 kn SSE 8 Francis Scott Key B.. 6 kn SSE 8
Baltimore 4 kn SE 6 Chesapeake City 3 kn ENE 3
Tolchester Beach 4 kn ESE 6
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Lewisetta 55 °F 60 °F Dahlgren 56 °F 59 °F
Washington D.C. 54 °F 62 °F Solomons Island 54 °F 59 °F
Cove Point LNG Pier 54 °F Annapolis 53 °F 63 °F
Chesapeake Bay Br 53 °F Curtis Bay Ch. Entr 53 °F 59 °F
Francis Scott Key B.. 53 °F Baltimore 53 °F 60 °F
Chesapeake City 49 °F 59 °F Tolchester Beach 50 °F 58 °F
Reedy Point 50 °F 58 °F
--------------------------------Relative Humidity-------------------------------
Chesapeake Bay Br 65% Curtis Bay Ch. Entr 58%
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Lewisetta 1032 mb Rising Dahlgren 1031 mb Rising
Rapp. Lt Front Range 1033 mb Rising Washington D.C. 1032 mb Rising
Solomons Island 1032 mb Rising Cove Point LNG Pier 1032 mb Rising
Annapolis 1032 mb Rising Curtis Bay Ch. Entr 1032 mb Rising
Francis Scott Key B.. *** mb Chesapeake City 1033 mb Rising
Tolchester Beach 1033 mb Rising Reedy Point 1033 mb Rising
-----------------------------------Visibility-----------------------------------
Chesapeake Bay Br 5.40 nm
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G.
Lewisetta 7.8 psu 1.006 Curtis Bay Ch. Entr 3.0 psu 1.002
Chesapeake City 0.2 psu 1.000
-----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)-----------------
WPL Br: Center Ch 184.5 ft, Incr. WPL Br: 170ft E of .. 186.2 ft, Decr.
Ches. City Bridge 141.2 ft, Decr. Reedy Point Bridge 140.1 ft, Incr.
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Reedy Point (pred) 2.1 kn (E), 159.0°T SW of FtMch 7 0.2 kn (S), 326.0°T
Chesapeake City Cur.. 1.4 kn (F), 92.0°T Chesapeake Ch LBB 92 0.7 kn (F), 350.0°T
Cove Point LNG Pier.. 0.2 kn (S), 106.0°T Rapp. Shl Ch LB 60 0.8 kn (E), 182.0°T
*** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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