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Spot Forecast for DCA Aircraft Emergency...Maryland Department of Emergency Management
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1036 PM EST Wed Jan 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 EST on January 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Recent observations at KDCA indicate winds have dropped off
considerably during the last couple of hours. Northwest winds may
gust to around 15 knots overnight before further weakening into
the morning hours. Skies remain mostly clear through the night
with no chances for any precipitation. The dry air mass in place
will allow temperatures to drop rather quickly over the next
several hours with a forecast low of 30 degrees. Meanwhile, the
Potomac River remains very cold with a temperature of 35 degrees,
accompanied by some areas of ice on the river.

Behind a cold front, high pressure will briefly build back into
the area on Thursday. Expect another dry day as well underneath
mostly sunny skies. Temperatures are forecast to return closer to
normal for late January with highs in the upper 40s on Thursday.
Winds are expected to shift to southerly by the late afternoon.

For the marine waters, do not expect any small craft conditions
over the next 24 hours.

For tidal purposes, the next low tide is at 2:32 AM (Thursday),
while the next high tide is at 8:26 AM (Thursday). No tidal
flooding is expected.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds up to 8 knots, gusts up
                    to 15 knots.

TIME (EST)      11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  16  24  22  25  26  25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............40  39  37  36  35  33  32
SFC wnd dir.....NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
SFC wnd spd kts.8   7   6   5   5   4   4
SFC wnd gst.....17  15  13  12  10  9   8

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Surface winds (kts).Light winds becoming southwest up to 6 knots in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the south around 6 knots late in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25  17  8   5   5   14  13  23  20  31  42  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............32  30  32  35  38  41  44  46  47  48  49  47
SFC wnd dir.....W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
SFC wnd spd kts.3   3   3   3   4   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
SFC wnd gst.....7   7   7   7   10  12  13  13  14  14  14  13

$$
Forecaster...Rubin-Oster
Requested by...Austin Frye
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2501820.0/LWX
.DELDT 01/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Austin.Frye@maryland.gov