Weather & Tide Report – December 19, 2024
SYNOPSIS: Mild weather continues today with patchy fog in inland valleys and highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Coastal areas and parts of Trinity County may stay a bit cooler if the fog doesn’t clear.
TODAY:
Inland: Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind.
Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind.
TONIGHT:
Inland: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Light and variable wind.
Along the Coast: Patchy fog between 7pm and 10pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Light southeast wind.
Extended Forecast: A series of stronger storms is on the way, starting with light rain in Del Norte County tonight. The first major system will arrive Friday night into Saturday, bringing heavy rain and strong southerly winds, with gusts of 30-40 mph along the coast and in higher elevations. Rainfall totals will range from 0.5 to 1 inch, with isolated heavier downpours possible. Additional storms are expected Sunday and early next week, with increasing rain totals and stronger winds. Rivers like the Mad, Eel, and Russian may rise to monitoring stages by midweek due to successive storms.
Predicted Temperatures
| Location | High Today | Low Tonight | HighTomorrow |
| Inland | 63 | 49 | 62 |
| Along The Coast | 60 | 49 | 62 |
The coastal waters forecast from Point Saint George to Cape Mendocino and out to 10 nautical miles.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
| Today | Wind | South, 5 to 10 knots. |
|---|---|---|
| Waves | West, 8 feet at 17 seconds. | |
| Tonight | Wind | South, 5 to 10 knots. |
| Waves | West, 8 feet at 16 seconds. |
The coastal waters forecast from Cape Mendocino to Point Arena and out to 10 nautical miles.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
| Today | Wind | South, 15 to 20 knots. |
| Waves | West, 7 feet at 12 seconds, and west, 8 feet at 18 seconds. Patchy dense fog early this morning. | |
| Tonight | Wind | Southeast, 10 to 15 knots. |
| Waves | West, 8 feet at 16 seconds. |
Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:
Tides: The next high tide of the day will be at 1:11 pm at 6.2 feet, receding to the low tide at 8:30 pm at minus 0.1 feet. The 1st high tide tomorrow at 3:37 am at 5.2 feet. The 1st low tide tomorrow will occur at 8:35 am at 3.5 feet.
There will be a total of 9 hours and 20 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise today was at 7:33 am, sunset this evening will be at 4:54 pm. Sunrise tomorrow will be at 7:34 am.
The waning gibbous moon will set at 11:06 am this morning and rise again at 9:39 pm tonight.
