Pamlico River & Pungo River Marine Forecast
| Today...N Winds Around 5 Kt, Becoming E Late This Morning, Then Becoming S 10 To 15 Kt This Afternoon. Waves A Moderate Chop. |
| Tonight...Sw Winds 10 To 15 Kt. Waves A Moderate Chop. |
| Sat...Nw Winds 5 To 10 Kt. Waves Light Chop. |
| Sat Night...E Winds 5 To 10 Kt. Waves Light Chop. |
| Sun...E Winds 10 To 15 Kt. Waves A Moderate Chop. A Slight Chance Of Showers In The Morning, Then A Chance Of Showers In The Afternoon. |
| Sun Night...Se Winds 15 To 20 Kt. Waves Choppy. A Chance Of Tstms. Showers. |
| Mon...S Winds 15 To 20 Kt, Increasing To 20 To 25 Kt In The Afternoon. Waves Choppy, Increasing To Rough In The Afternoon. Showers With A Chance Of Tstms. |
| Mon Night...Sw Winds 20 To 25 Kt, Becoming W 15 To 20 Kt After Midnight. Waves Rough, Diminishing To Choppy After Midnight. A Chance Of Tstms. Showers. |
| Tue...W Winds 15 To 20 Kt, Diminishing To 10 To 15 Kt In The Afternoon. Waves Choppy, Diminishing To A Moderate Chop In The Afternoon. A Chance Of Showers In The Morning. |
| Tue Night...Nw Winds 10 To 15 Kt. Waves A Moderate Chop. Winds And Waves Higher In And Near Tstms. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 607am EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... Small Craft Advisories in effect for the Pamlico Sound and coastal waters between Oregon Inlet and Cape Lookout .KEY MESSAGES... 1) A strong cold front on Monday evening poses a risk of severe weather. Marine...Winds and seas improve through today before a brief period of Small Craft Advisory conditions returns this evening/tonight KEY MESSAGE 1...An impressive upper level trough will dig across the Plains on Sunday and will become more negatively tilted as it moves east across the Mississippi River Valley on Monday. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase through Sunday and into Monday. A pre-frontal surface trough will develop through the day on Sunday, bringing increased chances for showers and thunderstorms and backing low level winds. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will continue to increase through Monday and peak with the FROPA Monday night. This front will produce a strongly forced line of convection, and with ample deep layer shear and 0-3 km SRH at play, there's potential for damaging wind gusts and a few brief isolated tornadoes. Destabilization could be significantly inhibited due to cloud cover, showers, and thunderstorms associated with the pre- frontal surface trough, but even meager instability could still produce strong to severe thunderstorms with the FROPA. So, this will be a highly conditional high shear/low CAPE scenario. Storm Prediction Center has all of Eastern North Carolina outlined in a 15% chance for severe weather, and the NSSL ML Total Severe Probability guidance shows a 15-30% chance. Marine Conditions have significantly improved over the past few hours as high pressure builds in. Conditions will remain sub-SCA (Small Craft Advisory) through most of today as the winds veer from NE to SW. Once they return to the SW this evening, a brief uptick is expected. SW winds will increase to 20-25 kt with gusts to 25-30 kt, mainly across the Pamlico Sound and the coastal waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. Seas will respond by building back to 4-6 ft across the central waters. Occasional gusts to 25 kt are possible north of Oregon Inlet and south of Cape Lookout, but this is expected to be brief and isolated. Conditions will improve by late tonight with winds becoming westerly and decreasing to 15-20 kt by sunrise. Outlook: Pleasant conditions will stick around through Saturday but deteriorate once again on Sunday ahead of a strong cold front forecast to cross the area on Monday. NOAA Newport/Morehead City NC Office - Watches - Warnings - Advisories NC...None. Marine Small Craft Advisory from 6pm this evening to 4am EDT Saturday for AMZ135(Pamlico Sound). Small Craft Advisory until 8am EDT Saturday for AMZ152(Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC)-154. Small Craft Advisory from 7pm this evening to 7am EDT Saturday for AMZ156. |
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