Weather & Tide Report- March 13, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Steep and elevated seas continue tonight even as the strongest winds ease. Showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible this morning and could produce isolated gale force gusts. After a brief lull in winds today, southerly winds will increase to gale strength again late tonight through Friday. A steep westerly swell will build in late Friday up to 14 feet. Gale strength southerlies are forecast to develop again Saturday through Sunday with a third strong frontal system.

TODAY: 

Inland: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Light west northwest wind.

Along the Coast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. West wind around 7 mph.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 51. Light and variable wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Along the Coast: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 51. Light and variable wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Extended Forecast: The weather in Northern California will remain active over the next several days. Strong southerly winds will pick up again tonight, continuing into Friday, with seas remaining steep and a westerly swell reaching up to 14 feet. Another storm system will bring snow levels as low as 1500 to 2500 feet tonight into Friday morning, causing travel impacts in higher elevations. After a brief break on Saturday, expect another atmospheric river storm to bring heavy rain, snow, and strong winds by the weekend, with unsettled weather continuing into early next week.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	51	38	52
Along The Coast	50	37	52

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

Today	Wind	W wind 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 3 ft at 8 seconds. Rain likely.
Tonight	Wind	SE wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt.
	Waves	around 10 ft. Wave Detail: W 10 ft at 14 seconds. Rain.

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

Today	Wind	W wind 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	11 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 5 seconds and S 4 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of rain.
Tonight	Wind	S wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt.
	Waves	10 ft. Wave Detail: W 10 ft at 14 seconds. Rain.

Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:

Tides: Today Tuesday, March 11th, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 7:31 am and sunset will be at 7:21pm. the next low tide will be at 6:03pm; the only high tide of the day will be at 11:33am. The waxing gibbous moon will rise this afternoon at 7:06 pm and will set tomorrow at 7:40 am. The moon will be full tonight. A lunar eclipse is set for tonight as the “Blood Moon” arrives