Northern Chesapeake Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2012-02-13 16:21 EST
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Reedy Point 4.6 ft, Falling Chesapeake City 2.6 ft, Falling
Baltimore 0.5 ft, Falling Tolchester Beach 0.6 ft, Steady
Annapolis 0.4 ft, Steady Washington D.C. 1.1 ft, Falling
Solomons Island 0.9 ft, Rising Lewisetta 1.1 ft, Rising
Windmill Point 0.9 ft, Steady
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Chesapeake City 4 kn WSW 7 Baltimore 6 kn NW 11
NE Tower 9 kn W 14 Baltimore Key Bridge 8 kn WSW 11
Tolchester Beach 9 kn WSW 10 Washington D.C. 7 kn WSW 9
Cove Point LNG Pier 7 kn WSW 10 Piney Point *** kn *** ***
Lewisetta 11 kn W 13 Rapp. Lt Front Range 14 kn S 14
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Reedy Point 44 °F 39 °F Chesapeake City 45 °F 38 °F
Baltimore 47 °F 42 °F NE Tower 45 °F
Baltimore Key Bridge 45 °F Tolchester Beach 43 °F 37 °F
Annapolis 47 °F Washington D.C. 47 °F 40 °F
Cove Point LNG Pier 45 °F Solomons Island 42 °F
Lewisetta 45 °F 39 °F
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Reedy Point 1017 mb Falling Chesapeake City 1017 mb Falling
Baltimore 1018 mb Falling NE Tower 1018 mb Falling
Baltimore Key Bridge 1018 mb Falling Tolchester Beach 1018 mb Falling
Annapolis 1018 mb Falling Washington D.C. 1019 mb Falling
Cove Point LNG Pier 1019 mb Falling Lewisetta 1020 mb Falling
Rapp. Lt Front Range 1019 mb Falling
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Station Salin. S.G. Station Salin. S.G.
Baltimore 8.5 psu 1.008 Lewisetta 6.6 psu 1.006
-----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)-----------------
Reedy Point Bridge 136.3 ft, Incr. Ches. City Bridge 141.0 ft, Incr.
Chesapeake Bay Brdg 190.2 ft, Stdy.
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Reedy Point 0.7 kn (F), 9.0°T Chesapeake City 0.1 kn (S), 264.0°T
Tolch. Front Range 0.4 kn (E), 195.0°T Chesapeake Ch LBB 92 1.1 kn (E), 218.0°T
Cove Point LNG Pier 0.4 kn (E), 155.0°T Potomac R MCh LWB B 0.6 kn (F), 331.0°T
Rapp. Shl Ch LBB 60 0.6 kn (F), 0.0°T
*** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
missing data, go to https://corms.nos.noaa.gov/instrument_status.html or call (301) 713-2540.