Weather & Tides-Oct.1, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

SYNOPSIS: A frontal passage will continue to generate rainshowers on Wednesday, and potentially Thursday, before giving way to dry weather on Friday and hold through the weekend.

TODAY: 

Inland: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. 

Along the Coast: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Light south wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: A 20 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Areas of fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Along the Coast: A slight chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 11pm. Patchy dense fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Extended Forecast: Following yesterday’s cold front, cooler air and lingering moisture will keep light showers going through Wednesday night, with up to a quarter inch of additional rain in some inland areas. Rain chances decrease Thursday, though a few showers may pop up in the interior, especially around Trinity County. From Friday into early next week, high pressure is expected to bring dry, clear weather, with offshore winds developing along the coast. These conditions may lead to frost or freezing temperatures in colder inland valleys, depending on how much drying occurs.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	74	51	76
Along The Coast	65	54	63

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

Today	Wind	S 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	S 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 9 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of showers.
Tonight	Wind	S 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	W 11 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of showers.

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

Today	Wind	S 10 to 15 kt.
	Waves	S 4 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of showers.
Tonight	Wind	SE 5 kt.
	Waves	NW 11 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog.

Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information : Today, Wednesday, October 1st, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 7:13am and the sunset will be at 6:57pm, for a total of 11 hours and 43 minutes of sunlight. The next high tide will be at 6:44 pm,  at 5.2ft.  The next low tide will be at 1:04 pm, at 3.6ft. The waxing gibbous moon set at 12:44 am in the southwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the southeast at 4:19 pm. According to the solunar theory, today is a good day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is high.