Weather & Tides-April 17, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Thursday,  April 17th, 2025

SYNOPSIS:  Coastal clouds, seasonal temperatures and mostly dry

weather expected into early next week. A warming trend will bring

high temperatures at or slightly above climatological norms.

Expect periods of breezy afternoon northerly winds this weekend and

next week.

TODAY: 

Inland: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 72. Light west southwest wind.

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

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 45. Calm wind.

Along the Coast:  Patchy fog after 8pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. 

Extended Forecast: An upper trough moving through the Great Basin into the Four Corners will bring a warming trend to interior valleys through the weekend, with highs in the mid to upper 70s and some 80s. Coastal areas will remain cooler in the 60s, with reduced stratus coverage due to increasing northerly winds. A mostly dry front will bring a slight chance of coastal drizzle or light terrain-enhanced showers Saturday. Gusty northerly winds, especially along ridges and coastal headlands, may peak over 35–40 mph this weekend, with breezy conditions lingering into early next week before easing midweek with a possible shortwave trough and slight rain chances.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	72	45	77
Along The Coast	63	43	64

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING

Today	Wind	NW wind 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	N 7 ft at 9 seconds and NW 7 ft at 12 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	N wind 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	N 2 ft at 6 seconds and NW 6 ft at 11 seconds.

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

Today	Wind	NW wind 5 kt.
	Waves	NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and NW 5 ft at 12 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	N wind 5 kt.
	Waves	NW 6 ft at 11 seconds.

Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information : Today, Thursday,  April 17th,  the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 6:34 am and sunset will be at 7:58 pm, for a total of 13 hours and 23 minutes of sunlight. The next low tide will be at 8:10 pm .  The next high tide will be at 3:59 pm..The waning gibbous moon rose in the southeast  at 12:07 am and set in the southwest at 8:53 am.   According to the solunar theory, today is a bad day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is low, however, this is just a chance so we encourage you to take your rod and try it during solunar periods.