Chesapeake Bay North PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2018-09-18 19:12 EDT
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Reedy Point *** ft, Chesapeake City 3.5 ft, Falling
Baltimore 1.5 ft, Falling Tolchester Beach 1.5 ft, Falling
Annapolis 1.3 ft, Falling Washington D.C. 2.8 ft, Falling
Dahlgren 1.7 ft, Steady Solomons Island 1.6 ft, Rising
Lewisetta 2.0 ft, Rising Windmill Point 2.4 ft, Rising
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Chesapeake City 2 kn E 2 Baltimore 5 kn N 9
NE Tower 12 kn NNW 12 Francis Scott Key B.. 9 kn NW 10
Tolchester Beach 2 kn N 3 Washington D.C. 3 kn N 7
Cove Point LNG Pier 15 kn NNE 18 Dahlgren 2 kn NNW 3
Solomons Island 6 kn N 8 Piney Point 12 kn NNE 14
Lewisetta 13 kn N 17 Rapp. Lt Front Range 17 kn NNW 21
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Reedy Point *** °F *** °F Chesapeake City 78 °F 72 °F
Baltimore 81 °F 78 °F NE Tower 82 °F
Francis Scott Key B.. 81 °F Tolchester Beach 76 °F 75 °F
Chesapeake Bay Brid.. 77 °F Annapolis 79 °F
Washington D.C. 84 °F 72 °F Cove Point LNG Pier 76 °F
Dahlgren 78 °F 78 °F Solomons Island 75 °F 79 °F
Lewisetta 75 °F 78 °F
--------------------------------Relative Humidity-------------------------------
Chesapeake Bay Brid.. 90%
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Reedy Point *** mb Chesapeake City 1008 mb Rising
Baltimore 1008 mb Rising NE Tower 1009 mb Rising
Francis Scott Key B.. 1009 mb Rising Tolchester Beach 1009 mb Rising
Annapolis 1008 mb Rising Washington D.C. 1009 mb Rising
Cove Point LNG Pier 1009 mb Rising Dahlgren 1009 mb Rising
Solomons Island 1009 mb Rising Lewisetta 1009 mb Rising
Rapp. Lt Front Range 1008 mb Rising
-----------------------------------Visibility-----------------------------------
Chesapeake Bay Brid.. 5.40 nm
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G.
Chesapeake City 0.5 psu 1.0 Baltimore 0.0 psu 1.0
Lewisetta 6.4 psu 1.0
-----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)-----------------
Reedy Point Bridge 135.2 ft, Decr. Ches. City Bridge 140.2 ft, Incr.
Francis Scott Key B.. 184.9 ft, Incr. Chesapeake Bay Brdg 185.1 ft, Stdy.
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Reedy Point (pred) 1.5 kn (F), 359.0°T Chesapeake City Cur.. 0.6 kn (E), 264.0°T
Tolch. Front Range *** kn ( ), ***°T Chesapeake Ch LBB 92 1.4 kn (E), 144.0°T
Cove Point LNG Pier.. *** kn ( ), ***°T Potomac R MCh LWB B *** kn ( ), ***°T
Rapp. Shl Ch LBB 60 0.1 kn (S), 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.