Weather & Tides-Sept.6, 2025

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORT 

Friday, September 5th, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Drizzle and stratus continues to blanket the coast. Interior temperatures trend downward into the weekend. Wet weather possibly returns late Sunday into early next week, with multiple chances of rain.

TODAY: 

Inland: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind. 

Along the Coast: Patchy drizzle before 11am. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Light and variable wind.

TONIGHT:  

Inland: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Along the Coast: Patchy drizzle and fog between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Light north wind. 

Extended Forecast: A weather pattern shift is bringing a series of weak storm systems to the area, increasing the chance of coastal drizzle through the weekend and leading to cooler temperatures, especially inland. Some light rain is possible starting Sunday, with a low chance of thunderstorms as a larger weather system moves in early next week. Rainfall totals could exceed an inch in far northwest areas, but will be much lighter further south. Expect cloudy skies to persist along the coast, with limited afternoon clearing and cooler-than-normal temperatures continuing into midweek.

Predicted Temperatures

Location	High Today	Low Tonight	HighTomorrow
Inland	88	53	86
Along The Coast	65	56	66

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

Today	Wind	W 5 kt.
	Waves	NW 2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy drizzle this morning. Patchy dense fog.
Tonight	Wind	NE 5 kt.
	Waves	W 2 ft at 11 seconds and SE 1 foot at 14 seconds. Patchy fog. Patchy drizzle.

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

Today	Wind	NW 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt this afternoon.
	Waves	N 4 ft at 5 seconds and NW 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy drizzle this morning. Patchy fog.
Tonight	Wind	NW 10 to 15 kt.
	Waves	N 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog.

Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information : Today, Friday, September 5th, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 6:48am and the sunset will be at 7:39pm, for a total of 12 hours and 51 minutes of sunlight. The first high tide will be at 11:08 am, at 4.9ft.,  and the next high tide at 10:09 pm, at 6.3 ft. The next low tide will be at 4:15 pm,  at 2.6ft. The waxing gibbous moon set at 4:14 am in the southwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the southeast at 6:53 pm. According to the solunar theory, today is an average day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is average.