Weather & Tide Report – October 15, 2024

SYNOPSIS: A weak cold front may bring some light drizzle to coastal areas this afternoon, but the interior will remain dry with calm conditions. Skies will stay mostly clear inland, with clouds lingering along the coast.

TODAY: 

Inland: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: A chance of drizzle, mainly between 8pm and 11pm. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Along the Coast: A chance of rain before 11pm, then a chance of drizzle, mainly between 11pm and 2am. Patchy dense fog after 8pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Extended Forecast: A stronger cold front will arrive on Wednesday, bringing more clouds and some coastal drizzle, mainly in Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Rainfall amounts will be light, with a slight chance of wetting rain reaching as far south as Mendocino County. By Thursday and Friday, cooler and gusty conditions will follow, with the possibility of frost in interior valleys, especially in Trinity County. Winds could reach gusts of 25-35 mph in exposed areas, particularly along the Sacramento and Russian River Valleys. This weekend may see a brief period of high pressure, but rain chances could return early next week, though forecasts remain uncertain.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	83	48	78
Along The Coast	63	52	54

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

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING

Today	Wind	North, 5 knots.
	Waves	West, 8 feet at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog. A slight chance of drizzle this afternoon.
Tonight	Wind	North, 5 knots.
	Waves	Northwest, 7 feet at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog. A chance of rain and drizzle.

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

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING

Today	Wind	North, 5 knots, backing to northwest this afternoon.
	Waves	Northwest, 9 feet at 15 seconds, and south, 3 feet at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
Tonight	Wind	Northwest, 5 to 10 knots.
	Waves	Northwest, 8 feet at 14 seconds, and south, 2 feet at 15 seconds.

Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:

Tides: The next low tide of the day will be at 4:26 pm at 0.7 feet, building to the high tide at 10:31 pm at 5.9 feet. The 1st low tide tomorrow will be at 4:26 am at 0.6 feet, building to the 1st high tide tomorrow at 10:47 am at 6.5 feet. 

There will be a total of 11 hours and 6 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise today was at 7:27 am, sunset this evening will be at 6:34 pm. Sunrise tomorrow will be at 7:28 am.

The waxing gibbous moon will rise at 5:44 pm today and will set at 6:26 am tomorrow. The moon will be full on October 17th.