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Spot Forecast for Deep Mineral Sands Leg #2...NOAA Ship Nancy Foster
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
324 PM EDT Thu Sep 10 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 EDT on September 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
SW winds of 10-15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt this afternoon,
diminishing to ~10 kt late tonight and Friday. Winds gradually
becoming W late tonight, then NNE by late Fri morning and
afternoon behind a cold front. Seas remain 3-4 ft this evening
into the weekend with a light SSE swell (5-7 seconds this
evening). Swell increases and become easterly at around 8-9
seconds by late Fri night/Saturday morning.

Mostly sunny skies are expected late this afternoon, with cloud
cover increasing tonight through Saturday night. Showers and
perhaps a thunderstorm late this evening into early Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Max apparent temp...87.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds around 17 knots.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  32
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0
Temp............81  81
Aparnt tmp (F)..87  87
SFC wnd dir.....SW  SW
SFC wnd spd kts.17  17
SFC wnd gst.....21  21
Wave period (s).5   5
Wave height (ft)4   4
Visibility (sm).7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms through the night. Chance of
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Max apparent temp...89.
Surface winds (kts).West winds 10 to 17 knots.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Wave period.........6 SECONDS.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  37  46  55  64  73  71  71  76  67  56  51
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  20  20  20  30  20  10  10  0   0
Temp............81  82  80  80  80  80  79  79  79  79  78  78
Aparnt tmp (F)..87  89  86  86  86  86  80  80  80  81  80  80
SFC wnd dir.....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
SFC wnd spd kts.17  17  16  15  15  14  14  13  13  12  11  10
SFC wnd gst.....21  21  21  20  18  18  17  16  16  15  14  13
Wave period (s).5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6
Wave height (ft)4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Max apparent temp...84.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds 9 to 10 knots shifting to the
                    northeast around 10 knots in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Wave period.........6 SECONDS.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  59  61  57  50  57  58  64  66  68  65  56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............78  78  78  77  78  78  78  79  79  79  80  79
Aparnt tmp (F)..80  81  81  80  80  80  80  81  81  81  84  81
SFC wnd dir.....W   W   W   NW  N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
SFC wnd spd kts.10  9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
SFC wnd gst.....12  12  11  11  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12
Wave period (s).6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
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...MONTEFUSCO
Requested by...ENS Derek Bennett
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2620871.13/AKQ
.DELDT 09/10/26
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.EMAIL greg.walker@noaa.gov,co.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,derek.bennett@noaa.gov,xo.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,ops.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,dale.gump@noaa.gov