614
FNUS71 KAKQ 030952
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP MINERAL SANDS LEG #2...NOAA SHIP NANCY FOSTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
552 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
PRIMARILY S TO SW WINDS TODAY AVERAGING AROUND 10 KNOTS. WINDS
INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO AROUND 15 KNOTS WITH
GUST TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 3 FEET THROUGH THE
PERIOD. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE, WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, LARGE HAIL, AND
POTENTIALLY A WATERSPOUT BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...93.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........3 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........9 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7 INCREASING TO 9 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
DECREASING TO 7 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........43 41 35 29 23 20 18 15 13 10 7
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 81 83 83
APARNT TMP (F)..87 86 86 86 86 86 88 88 88 93 93
SFC WND DIR.....S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
SFC WND SPD KTS.6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11
SFC WND GST.....8 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 14
WAVE PERIOD (S).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
VISIBILITY (SM).7 9 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...93.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).WEST WINDS 11 TO 14 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE
AROUND 12 KNOTS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WAVE HEIGHT.........4 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........9 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........21 34 47 51 56 61 61 60 60 56 51 46
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 20
TEMP............83 83 83 83 83 82 82 82 82 81 81 81
APARNT TMP (F)..93 93 93 93 93 90 90 90 90 88 87 87
SFC WND DIR.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
SFC WND SPD KTS.11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 12
SFC WND GST.....14 15 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 16 16 15
WAVE PERIOD (S).9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...92.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........4 FEET.
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........37 28 20 19 24 25 20 13 8 9 6 37
WEATHER COV..... CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
TEMP............81 81 81 80 82 82 82 82 83 83 83 83
APARNT TMP (F)..87 87 87 85 89 89 89 89 92 92 92 91
SFC WND DIR.....W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
SFC WND SPD KTS.12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8
SFC WND GST.....15 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 10
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
FORECASTER...BUTNER
REQUESTED BY...ENS DEREK BENNETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...MARINE
.TAG 2620871.6/AKQ
.DELDT 09/03/26
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