Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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Spot Forecast for Mineral Sands Leg !(NF-26-10)...NOAA Ship Nancy Foster
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
658 AM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on August 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.
.DISCUSSION...
Benign conditions are expected today with a SW wind of 10 to 15
knots becoming W 5 to 10 kt by this afternoon. The wind remains
light, generally 10 kt or less and becomes NW tonight into Monday
morning, before becoming W again Monday afternoon. Seas will be
around 3 ft today through this evening, before subsiding to 2 to 3
feet late tonight into Monday. Dominant wave periods will
initially be 4 to 6 seconds, and increase to 10 to 12 seconds
tonight and Monday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Max apparent temp...84.
Surface winds (kts).West winds 10 to 14 knots.
Wave height.........3 feet.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
Visibility..........10 decreasing to 7 in the late morning and
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........45 47 48 50 48 46 43 35 27 18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Temp............78 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 80 80
Aparnt tmp (F)..79 79 80 79 80 80 80 80 84 84
SFC wnd dir.....SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
SFC wnd spd kts.13 13 13 14 13 13 12 12 11 10
SFC wnd gst.....16 16 16 18 16 16 15 15 14 13
Wave period (s).4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Visibility (sm).10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max apparent temp...85.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds 6 to 10 knots shifting to the
around 7 knots early in the morning.
Wave height.........3 feet subsiding to 2 feet early in the
morning.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS increasing to 12 SECONDS early in the
evening.
Visibility..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15 11 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............80 81 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 78 78 78
Aparnt tmp (F)..83 85 80 80 80 81 81 81 81 80 80 79
SFC wnd dir.....W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW
SFC wnd spd kts.10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7
SFC wnd gst.....13 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 9
Wave period (s).5 5 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Max apparent temp...80.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds 5 to 6 knots shifting to the
west in the late morning and afternoon.
Wave height.........2 feet.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS.
Visibility..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18 18 17 21 13 12 5 2 1 2 1 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............76 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 79
Aparnt tmp (F)..78 80 80 80 80 79 79 79 80 80 80 80
SFC wnd dir.....NW NW N NW W W W W W W W W
SFC wnd spd kts.6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
SFC wnd gst.....8 8 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
Wave period (s).12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
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...ZIMMERMAN
Requested by...Operations officer
Type of request...MARINE
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.DELDT 08/23/26
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