Northern Chesapeake Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2010-02-09 20:41 EST
----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)---------------------------
Reedy Point 5.2 ft, Steady Chesapeake City 3.0 ft, Steady
Baltimore 0.4 ft, Falling Tolchester Beach 0.4 ft, Falling
Annapolis -0.1 ft, Falling Washington D.C. 1.3 ft, Falling
Solomons Island 0.5 ft, Rising Lewisetta 0.7 ft, Rising
Windmill Point 0.8 ft, Steady
--------------------------------------Winds-------------------------------------
Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts
Chesapeake City 1 kn SE 3 Baltimore 2 kn E 4
NE Tower *** kn *** *** Baltimore Key Bridge 5 kn ENE 6
Tolchester Beach 3 kn E 5 Washington D.C. 3 kn E 7
Cove Point LNG Pier 7 kn ESE 8 Solomons Island 12 kn E 13
Piney Point 12 kn ESE 13 Lewisetta 15 kn ESE 17
Rapp. Lt Front Range 14 kn NNE 15
----------------------------Air and Water Temperature---------------------------
Air Water Air Water
Reedy Point 29 °F 33 °F Chesapeake City 29 °F 32 °F
Baltimore 28 °F 36 °F NE Tower *** °F
Baltimore Key Bridge 28 °F Tolchester Beach 28 °F 33 °F
Annapolis 29 °F Washington D.C. 29 °F 35 °F
Cove Point LNG Pier 30 °F Solomons Island 32 °F 37 °F
Lewisetta 33 °F 35 °F
-------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------
Reedy Point 1012 mb Falling Chesapeake City 1012 mb Falling
Baltimore 1011 mb Falling NE Tower *** mb
Baltimore Key Bridge 1011 mb Falling Tolchester Beach 1011 mb Falling
Annapolis 1011 mb Falling Washington D.C. 1010 mb Falling
Cove Point LNG Pier 1011 mb Falling Solomons Island 1010 mb Falling
Lewisetta 1009 mb Falling Rapp. Lt Front Range 1008 mb Falling
----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity---------------------------
Station Salin. S.G. Station Salin. S.G.
Baltimore 11.1 psu 1.01 Lewisetta 8.8 psu 1.01
-----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)-----------------
Reedy Point Bridge 135.9 ft, Stdy. Ches. City Bridge 140.7 ft, Stdy.
Chesapeake Bay Brdg 190.5 ft, Stdy.
------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------
Spd Dir Spd Dir
Reedy Point 0.7 kn (F), 359.0°T Chesapeake City 0.6 kn (E), 256.0°T
Tolch. Front Range 0.5 kn (E), 214.0°T Chesapeake Ch LBB 92 0.7 kn (E), 192.0°T
Cove Point LNG Pier 0.2 kn (S), 136.0°T Potomac R MCh LWB B 0.2 kn (S), 284.0°T
Rapp. Shl Ch LBB 60 0.7 kn (F), 348.0°T
*** Data not displayed as a result of missing data or quality control monitoring. For more
information, go to https://corms.nos.noaa.gov/instrument_status.html, or call CORMS
at 301-713-2540.