Weather & Tide Report – February 17, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Expect scattered showers throughout the day, gradually tapering off by late afternoon or early evening. Temperatures will be a bit cooler than yesterday, with highs ranging from the upper 40s to mid-50s.

TODAY: 

Inland: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 1pm, then patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Light and variable wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Along the Coast: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. West southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Calm wind.

Along the Coast: A 10 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Extended Forecast: Tuesday will start off drier and calmer, with some areas of morning fog in the valleys. Temperatures will be a bit warmer during the day, but another storm system will bring light rain showers along the North Coast by the evening. Winds will pick up Tuesday night, with gusts up to 40 mph in exposed coastal areas. By late Tuesday night into Wednesday, moderate to heavy rain is expected in Del Norte and northern Humboldt, with snow levels dropping from 5,000 to 4,000 feet. Showers will gradually fade Wednesday evening as high pressure moves in, bringing a stretch of dry and warm weather starting Thursday and lasting into next week.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	53	38	59
Along The Coast	52	39	55

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, 5 to 10 knots.
	Waves	Southwest, 3 feet at 5 seconds, and west, 11 feet at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
Tonight	Wind	South, 5 knots.
	Waves	West, 11 feet at 14 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	West, 5 knots, veering to northwest this afternoon.
	Waves	West, 11 feet at 15 seconds. A chance of rain.
Tonight	Wind	North, 5 to 10 knots.
	Waves	West, 11 feet at 14 seconds.

Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:

Tides: The next high tide of the day will be at 2:15 pm at 4.8 feet, receding to the next low tide at 7:59 pm at 2.1 feet. The 1st high tide tomorrow at 2:23 am at 5.8 feet. The 1st low tide tomorrow will be at 9:10 am at 1.7 feet. 

There will be a total of 10 hours and 50 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise today was at 7:05 am, sunset this evening will be at 5:55 pm. Sunrise tomorrow will be at 7:04 am.

The waning gibbous moon will rise tonight at 11:16 pm and set tomorrow morning at 9:38 am.  

The new moon will occur on February 27.