Weather & Tides-Sept.22, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Monday, September 22nd, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Warmer and drier weather will gradually build in Sunday through Tuesday. A troughing pattern could emerge by mid week.

TODAY: 

Inland:  Sunny, with a high near 96. North wind 3 to 6 mph. 

Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Along the Coast: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Extended Forecast: Early this week, inland areas will heat up again with highs in the 90s, and some valleys could even hit the low 100s by Tuesday. Coastal spots will stay cooler with low clouds and fog at night, but afternoons should clear up more. By midweek, a low-pressure system may bring cooler weather, more clouds, and a small chance of rain, especially in Lake and Mendocino counties. However, forecast models disagree on how much, if any, rain will actually reach Northwest California.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	96	55	100
Along The Coast	66	53	67

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 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt this afternoon.
	Waves	N 4 ft at 7 seconds and NW 6 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning.
Tonight	Wind	N 5 to 10 kt.
	Waves	N 5 ft at 7 seconds and NW 6 ft at 11 seconds.

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

Today	Wind	NW 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt this afternoon.
	Waves	N 6 ft at 7 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds.
Tonight	Wind	NW 10 to 15 kt.
	Waves	N 6 ft at 7 seconds and NW 5 ft at 12 seconds.

Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information : Today, Monday, September 22nd, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 7:04am and the sunset will be at 7:11pm, for a total of 12 hours and 7 minutes of sunlight. The next high tide will be at 12:21 pm, at 5.8ft.  The next low tide will be at 6:36 pm, at 0.8ft. The New Moon rose in the east at 7:57 am and will set in the west at 7:31 pm. According to the solunar theory, today is an excellent day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is very high.