Weather & Tide Report – January 16, 2025

SYNOPSIS: The day will be mostly dry with clear skies across Northern California. Morning fog or low clouds may develop near the coast, but these should dissipate by afternoon. Inland areas will remain sunny with chilly morning temperatures and highs warming to comfortable levels.

TODAY: 

Inland: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind.

Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Areas of fog after 10pm. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 37. Calm wind.

Along the Coast: Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Light and variable wind.

Extended Forecast: Expect dry weather to continue for the next week, with chilly mornings under clear skies. Breezy conditions will return this weekend, especially along coastal headlands and higher ridges, with gusts of 20-30 mph likely. Near or below freezing temperatures are possible in coastal and valley areas during the weekend and early next week, while some spots with persistent breezes may stay warmer. Interior valleys, such as those in Trinity and northern Mendocino counties, are likely to see sub-freezing overnight temperatures. Fog and low clouds may become more common along the coast by Friday morning but will clear as the day progresses. The region will stay dry with no significant rain in the forecast for the next week.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	62	37	57
Along The Coast	54	40	52

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

Today	Wind	North, 5 knots, rising to 5 to 10 knots this afternoon.
	Waves	West, 7 feet at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning.
Tonight	Wind	Northeast, 5 to 10 knots.
	Waves	Northwest, 3 feet at 5 seconds, and west, 6 feet at 13 seconds.

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

Today	Wind	North, 5 knots, backing to northwest this afternoon.
	Waves	West, 7 feet at  14 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	North, 10 to 15 knots.
	Waves	Northwest, 3 feet at 4 seconds, and west, 6 feet at 14 seconds.

Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:

Tides: The next high tide of the day will be at 12:14 pm at 6.6 feet, receding to the low  tide at 7:15 pm at minus 0.1 feet. The 1st high tide tomorrow will be at 2:01 am at 5.5 feet. The 1st low tide tomorrow will be at 7:15 am at 3.0 feet.

There will be a total of 9 hours and 42 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise today was at 7:35 am, sunset this evening will be at 5:18 pm. Sunrise tomorrow will be at 7:34 am.

The waning gibbous moon will rise at 8:26 pm tonight and will set tomorrow morning at 9:53 am.