Pamlico River & Pungo River Marine Forecast
| Today...W Winds 10 To 15 Kt, Diminishing To 5 To 10 Kt Late This Morning And Afternoon. Waves A Moderate Chop, Diminishing To Light Chop Late This Morning And Afternoon. |
| Tonight...W Winds Around 5 Kt, Becoming N After Midnight. Waves Flat, Increasing To Light Chop After Midnight. |
| Thu...Ne Winds 5 To 10 Kt. Waves Light Chop. |
| Thu Night...E Winds 5 To 10 Kt. Waves Light Chop. |
| Fri...Se Winds 5 To 10 Kt. Waves Light Chop. |
| Fri Night...S Winds 5 To 10 Kt. Waves Light Chop. |
| Sat...S Winds 5 To 10 Kt, Increasing To 10 To 15 Kt In The Afternoon. Waves Light Chop, Increasing To A Moderate Chop In The Afternoon. A Chance Of Rain. |
| Sat Night...Sw Winds 10 To 15 Kt. Waves A Moderate Chop. A Chance Of Rain After Midnight. |
| Sun...W Winds 10 To 15 Kt. Waves A Moderate Chop. A Chance Of Rain. |
| Sun Night...Nw Winds 10 To 15 Kt. Waves A Moderate Chop. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 300am EST Wednesday Jan 7 2026 Synopsis Above normal temperatures dominate with mostly dry conditions for ENC through the rest of the week. A cold front will move through this weekend and bring chances for scattered showers. A return to colder and drier early next week. Near Term - Through Today As of 3am Wed...Mostly sunny and very warm today as a weak and dry cold front tracks across the area but brings westerly downsloping winds. Highs will reach the 70 degree mark for many, including the Crystal Coast due to the offshore wind flow, and 60s on the OBX with onshore westerly flow. Short Term - Tonight As of 3am Wed...Quiet and mild tonight with temps cont above climo. Lows range from the upper 30s to lower 40s for most, with near 50 on the beaches and OBX. Backdoor cool front moves through with winds becoming northerly but remaining less than 5 mph or so. Long Term - Thursday Through Tuesday As of 2pm Tuesday... Thursday through Friday...This frontal passage won`t bring much of a change in sensible weather as highs only drop a little bit, with readings in the 60s inland to 55-60 on the OBX. The boundary will quickly lift back north as a warm front and increase temps on Friday to the mid 70s across the coastal plain and 60s at the beaches. Saturday through Sunday...Our next cold front will approach the area this weekend. Very light and spotty rain showers on Sat as weak prefrontal trough affects the coast, but most of the day will remain dry. Temps will reach their warmest marks of the week ahead of the front on Saturday with highs in the mid to perhaps a few upper 70s across the coastal plain and 60s at the beaches. Front moves through on Sunday, but Quantitative Precipitation Forecast remains light and showers more scattered in nature, thus probability of precipitation remain in the 30-40% range. Cold Air Advection on Sunday with falling temps late in the day as front moves through in the afernoon. Early Next Week Cool but seasonable temperatures and mostly dry weather is forecast for early next week behind the aforementioned front as an upper level trough moves overhead. But, overall no significant weather is currently forecast for this period. Marine As of 3am Wed... Key Messages... - Strong SCA (Small Craft Advisory) winds and high seas on the Gulf Stream waters through this morning. - Improving conditions this afternoon into Thu as high pressure builds back in. - Another round of SCA (Small Craft Advisory) conditions, esp on the Gulf waters south of Oregon Inlet Friday into the weekend with approaching strong cold front. - Frontal passage on Sunday with ensuing cold advection gusty northwest winds all waters and sounds possible. Today...Ongoing w to sw winds 20-30 kt on the mixed Gulf stream waters cont this morning. Stable marine layer tempering winds to 10-20 kt on the sounds and northern waters. Winds and seas diminish through this afternoon. Backdoor front tonight with winds becoming north but only 5-15 kt. Thursday through Friday...High pressure will build back in on Thursday with 5-10 kt NE winds and 1-3 ft seas. Winds will veer to the S on Friday out ahead of the next approaching cold front and increase to 10-20 kt with seas building to 3-4 ft. Saturday through Sunday...A strong cold front will approach this weekend, increasing S to SW winds and building seas to SCA levels on the warmer gulf waters. NOAA Newport/Morehead City NC Office - Watches - Warnings - Advisories NC...None. Marine Small Craft Advisory until noon EST today for AMZ152(Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC)-154-156- 158. |
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