Weather & Tides-April 23, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

SYNOPSIS:  Cooler overnight temperatures with pleasant daytime

highs will continue again today although winds will be lighter.

Clouds, cooler temperatures and a chance of rain are forecast

Thursday afternoon through Saturday. Dry weather is expected to

return Sunday and into next week.

TODAY: 

Inland: Sunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy early, then becoming sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light after midnight.

Along the Coast:  Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. 

Extended Forecast: Convective activity fizzled overnight but is expected to return this afternoon and Thursday, with isolated thunderstorms possible in the eastern mountains of Trinity, Mendocino, northern Lake, and nearby counties. Light rain may accompany storms, though coverage will remain sparse and localized. By Friday, a closed low will bring more widespread showers, cooler temperatures in the 50s, and limited thunderstorm potential due to increased cloud cover. Conditions begin to clear by Sunday, with lingering showers Saturday and overnight lows in the 30s—especially in interior valleys—before a modest warm-up under clearer skies.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	73	45	67
Along The Coast	58	44	55

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON

Today	Wind	N wind 15 to 20 kt.
	Waves	N 9 ft at 9 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	NW wind 10 to 15 kt.
	Waves	NW 7 ft at 8 seconds and NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON

Today	Wind	NW wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt.
	Waves	N 9 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 18 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	NW wind 15 to 20 kt.
	Waves	N 8 ft at 9 seconds and NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.

Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information : Today, Tuesday,  April 22nd,  the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 6:26 am and sunset will be at 8:04 pm, for a total of 13 hours and 38 minutes of sunlight. The next low tide will be at 2:32 pm. The next high tide will be at 9:11 pm.  The waning crescent moon rose in the southeast at 4:15 am and will set in the southwest at 3:24 pm.   According to the solunar theory, today is an average day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is average.