408
FNUS71 KAKQ 301243
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP MINERAL SANDS LEG #2...NOAA SHIP NANCY FOSTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
843 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0000 EDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
SSW WINDS AROUND 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT TONIGHT. WINDS BRIEFLY
BECOME WESTERLY 5-10 KT MONDAY MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING SOUTHWEST 5-10 KT THROUGH THE END OF THE
PERIOD. VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIP THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...82.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).WEST WINDS 9 TO 11 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........2 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 17 21 22 22 20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10
TEMP............79 79 79 79 79 79
APARNT TMP (F)..81 81 81 82 82 82
SFC WND DIR.....S SW SW SW SW W
SFC WND SPD KTS.10 11 11 10 10 9
SFC WND GST.....13 14 14 13 13 11
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 8 8 8 8 8
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)2 2 2 2 2 2
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...87.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........2 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........28 26 24 27 24 26 25 27 24 22 8 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............79 78 80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 81 81
APARNT TMP (F)..82 81 85 85 85 85 85 86 87 87 87 87
SFC WND DIR.....W W W W W W W W SW SW SW S
SFC WND SPD KTS.9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
SFC WND GST.....11 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...89.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........2 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........24 49 38 28 33 38 40 41 43 40 38 35
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............81 82 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 79 79
APARNT TMP (F)..87 89 85 85 86 86 86 87 87 87 82 82
SFC WND DIR.....S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SFC WND SPD KTS.6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
SFC WND GST.....8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...90.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........2 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 34 34 31 27 24 23 22 21 20 18 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............80 80 81 81 81 81 81 82 82 82 82 82
APARNT TMP (F)..87 87 88 88 88 87 87 89 90 89 89 89
SFC WND DIR.....SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW
SFC WND SPD KTS.9 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
SFC WND GST.....11 10 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13
WAVE PERIOD (S).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
FORECASTER...ROGERS
REQUESTED BY...ENS DEREK BENNETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...MARINE
.TAG 2620871.2/AKQ
.DELDT 08/30/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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