Weather & Tide Report – February 19, 2025
SYNOPSIS: A quick-moving rain system will bring showers through the afternoon, with the heaviest rain along the Humboldt and Del Norte coasts. Strong winds, with gusts up to 50 mph, will impact exposed coastal areas and ridges. Rain will taper off by tonight, with only a few lingering showers in the north.
TODAY:
Inland: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Northwest wind around 6 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Along the Coast: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 54. West wind around 9 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
TONIGHT:
Inland: Areas of fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Along the Coast: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Extended Forecast: After today’s rain, conditions will dry out as high pressure builds, bringing clearer skies and cooler temperatures through Thursday. Expect nighttime lows in the mid-30s along the coast and valleys, with colder spots in Trinity County dropping into the upper 20s. Fog may develop in valleys overnight. Later this week, temperatures will warm slightly, and the weather will stay mostly dry. However, a weak system could bring some light rain along the coast this weekend, with the timing still uncertain.
Predicted Temperatures
| Location | High Today | Low Tonight | HighTomorrow |
| Inland | 55 | 36 | 61 |
| Along The Coast | 54 | 38 | 53 |
The coastal waters forecast from Point Saint George to Cape Mendocino and out to 10 nautical miles.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
| Today | Wind | Southwest, 10 to 15 knots, becoming west, 5 to 10 knots this afternoon. |
| Waves | Southwest, 7 feet at 7 seconds, and west, 5 feet at 11 seconds. Rain. | |
| Tonight | Wind | North, 5 to 10 knots. |
| Waves | Southwest, 3 feet at 6 seconds, and west, 10 feet at 15 seconds. |
The coastal waters forecast from Cape Mendocino to Point Arena and out to 10 nautical miles.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
| Today | Wind | Southwest, 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest, 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. |
| Waves | Southwest, 4 feet at 6 seconds, and west, 5 feet at 11 seconds. Rain. | |
| Tonight | Wind | North, 10 to 15 knots. |
| Waves | West, 3 feet at 5 seconds, and west, 10 feet at 15 seconds. |
Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:
Tides: The next high tide of the day will be at 4:25 pm at 3.9 feet, receding to the next low tide at 8:56 pm at 3.1 feet. The 1st high tide tomorrow at 3:32 am at 5.7 feet.
There will be a total of 10 hours and 55 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise today was at 7:02 am, sunset this evening will be at 5:58 pm. Sunrise tomorrow will be at 7:01 am.
The waning gibbous moon has already set this morning. Tomorrow the last quarter moon will rise at 1:22 am and set tomorrow morning at 10:37 am.
The new moon will occur on February 27.
