Delaware River and Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2021-02-28 23:00 EST ----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)--------------------------- Lewes 4.8 ft, Falling Brandywine Shoal Li.. 5.7 ft, Falling Reedy Point 5.6 ft, Rising Delaware City 5.5 ft, Rising Newbold 1.1 ft, Falling Bridesburg 2.1 ft, Rising Philadelphia 2.7 ft, Rising Marcus Hook 4.4 ft, Rising Burlington 0.9 ft, Falling Ship John Shoal 6.7 ft, Rising Cape May 5.4 ft, Falling --------------------------------------Winds------------------------------------- Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts Lewes 3 kn WSW 4 Brandywine Shoal Li.. 10 kn S 11 Delaware City 2 kn NW 3 Newbold 2 kn NNE 5 Burlington 4 kn ENE 6 Ship John Shoal 1 kn ENE 3 Cape May 5 kn SSE 8 ----------------------------Air and Water Temperature--------------------------- Air Water Air Water Lewes 51 °F 41 °F Brandywine Shoal Li.. *** °F Reedy Point 42 °F 39 °F Delaware City 41 °F *** °F Newbold 45 °F 41 °F Bridesburg 44 °F 40 °F Philadelphia 44 °F 38 °F Marcus Hook 44 °F 40 °F Burlington 44 °F 41 °F Ship John Shoal 44 °F 38 °F Cape May 47 °F 42 °F -------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------ Lewes 1012 mb Falling Brandywine Shoal Li.. 1013 mb Falling Reedy Point 1012 mb Falling Delaware City 1012 mb Falling Newbold 1013 mb Falling Bridesburg 1012 mb Falling Philadelphia 1012 mb Falling Marcus Hook 1012 mb Falling Burlington 1012 mb Falling Ship John Shoal 1013 mb Falling Cape May 1012 mb Falling ----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity--------------------------- Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G. Lewes 27.7 psu 1.023 Cape May 29.7 psu 1.024 -----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)----------------- Reedy Point Bridge 135.6 ft, Decr. Delaware Memorial B.. 187.5 ft, Decr. Ben Franklin Bridge.. 136.1 ft, Decr. ------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------ Spd Dir Spd Dir Delaware Bay Channe.. 0.2 kn (S), 52.0°T Philadelphia Curren.. 0.4 kn (F), 3.0°T Reedy Point (pred) 2.0 kn (F), 355.0°T *** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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