Weather & Tide Report – October 22, 2024
SYNOPSIS: Expect dry weather today with some high clouds and patchy valley fog. Temperatures will be mild, ranging from 65 to 75 degrees inland and 55 to 60 degrees along the coast. It will feel slightly cooler than usual for this time of year.
TODAY:
Inland: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 57. Calm wind becoming north northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
TONIGHT:
Inland: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Along the Coast: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Extended Forecast: The rest of the week will stay mostly dry with mild daytime temperatures. Coastal areas and higher elevations may see breezy conditions starting Thursday as a weak front passes by, especially in Del Norte and Humboldt counties. Expect chilly mornings, with frost possible in interior valleys late tonight and again later in the week. Over the weekend and into early next week, the weather will become cooler and wetter as rain and stronger winds are likely to move in with a cold front. There’s still some uncertainty about the exact timing, but it’s shaping up to be a shift toward more unsettled conditions.
Predicted Temperatures
| Location | High Today | Low Tonight | HighTomorrow |
| Inland | 73 | 40 | 77 |
| Along The Coast | 57 | 45 | 57 |
The coastal waters forecast from Point Saint George to Cape Mendocino and out to 10 nautical miles.
| Today | Wind | North, 5 to 10 knots, rising to 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. |
|---|---|---|
| Waves | North, 2 feet at 5 seconds, and northwest, 6 feet at 9 seconds. | |
| Tonight | Wind | North, 10 to 15 knots. |
| Waves | North, 3 feet at 5 seconds, and northwest, 4 feet at 9 seconds. |
The coastal waters forecast from Cape Mendocino to Point Arena and out to 10 nautical miles.
| Today | Wind | North, 10 to 15 knots, becoming northwest, 15 to 20 knots this afternoon. |
| Waves | Northwest, 5 feet at 5 seconds, and northwest, 5 feet at 9 seconds. | |
| Tonight | Wind | North, 15 to 20 knots. |
| Waves | North, 5 feet at 5 seconds, and northwest, 4 feet at 9 seconds. |
Here are the tides for Shelter Cove:
Tides: The next high tide of the day will be at 2:55 pm at 6.2 feet, receding to the low tide at 10:37 pm at minus 0.4 feet. The 1st high tide tomorrow will be at 6:00 am at 4.5 feet. The first low tide tomorrow will be at 10:12 am at 3.6 feet.
There will be a total of 10 hours and 49 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise today was at 7:35 am, sunset this evening will be at 6:24 pm. Sunrise tomorrow will be at 7:36 am.
The waning gibbous moon will set at 1:51 pm today and will rise again at 10:42 pm tonight. The new moon will occur on November 1st.
