Wednesday, December 24th, 2025
SYNOPSIS:
- Strong to Damaging southerly winds will bring an increased risk of downed trees and power outages early Wednesday morning.
- Flood Watch in effect through Friday evening for Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino and Lake counties.
- Moderate to heavy rain early Wednesday.
- Additional heavy rain and strong winds possible Wednesday night through Friday.
- Winter Storm Warning for elevations above 4000 ft Wednesday evening through Friday evening for Trinity County
- High Wind Watch in effect until December 25th, 07:00 PM
- FLOOD WATCH UNTIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 26TH, throughout Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, and Lake Counties. Take caution. There will be an increased risk of rock and land slides along roadways. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
Predicted Temperatures
| Location | High Today | Low Tonight | HighTomorrow |
| Inland | 58 | 44 | 52 |
| Along The Coast | 56 | 51 | 53 |
The coastal waters forecast from Point Saint George to Cape Mendocino and out to 10 nautical miles.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
| Today | Wind | S 30 to 35 kt with gusts up to 55 kt, becoming SE 10 to 15 kt this afternoon. |
| Waves | S 6 ft at 6 seconds and S 10 ft at 9 seconds. Rain. | |
| Tonight | Wind | SE 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. |
| Waves | S 4 ft at 10 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. Rain. |
The coastal waters forecast from Cape Mendocino to Point Arena and out to 10 nautical miles.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
| Today | Wind | NE 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. |
| Waves | NW 8 ft at 12 seconds. Rain. | |
| Tonight | Wind | S 10 to 15 kt, becoming SE 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. |
| Waves | S 15 ft at 12 seconds and NW 6 ft at 13 seconds. Rain. A slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. |
Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information :
Today Wednesday, 24th of December of 2025, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 7:36am and sunset will be at 4:56pm, for a total of 9 hours and 20 minutes of sunlight.
The next HIGH tide will be at 1:00pm, at 5.9ft, and the next LOW tide will be at 8:16pm at 0.1ft.
Today the waxing crescent moon rose in the southeast at 10:48 am and will set in the southwest at 9:39 pm.
According to the solunar theory, today is a bad day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is low.