Weather & Tides-Sept.12, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Thursday, September 11th, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Drier and warmer conditions today and Saturday, followed by a period of more light rain for the North Coast on Sunday. The synoptic weather pattern trending warmer and drier early next week.

TODAY: 

Inland: Sunny, with a high near 84. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the evening. 

Along the Coast: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. 

Extended Forecast: A ridge of high pressure is moving in over the West Coast, bringing warmer and drier weather to inland areas today through Saturday, with highs in the upper 70s to 80s. Along the coast, however, a thick marine layer is keeping skies mostly cloudy and temperatures cooler, in the low to mid-60s. A weak weather system will pass through late Saturday night into Sunday, possibly bringing light rain to parts of the coastal mountains. After that, winds will pick up, especially near the coast, and temperatures will rise again early next week, with some inland areas likely hitting the upper 90s.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	84	54	89
Along The Coast	65	56	66

The coastal waters forecast from Point Saint George to Cape Mendocino and out to 10 nautical miles.

Today	Wind	N 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	N 5 ft at 6 seconds and NW 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
Tonight	Wind	N  5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	N 5 ft at 6 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds.

The coastal waters forecast from Cape Mendocino to Point Arena and out to 10 nautical miles. 

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

Today	Wind	N 15 to 20 kt.
	Waves	N 7 ft at 7 seconds and NW 2 ft at 10 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	N 15 to 20 kt.
	Waves	N 7 ft at 7 seconds and NW 5 ft at 14 seconds.

Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information : Today, Friday,  September 12th, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 6:55am and the sunset will be at 7:29pm, for a total of 12 hours and 33 minutes of sunlight. The next high tide will be at 2:53 pm,  at 6.6 ft. The next low tide will be at 10:09 pm, at -0.2ft. Today we begin the day with the waning gibbous moon already visible in the sky, so first we will see the moonset, which will take place at 1:00 pm in the northwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the northeast at 10:17 pm.  According to the solunar theory, today is an average day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is average.