Daily Update

RI / Southern Massachusetts

June 21, 2024

Notices

Homeland Security Advisory System
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The National Homeland Security Advisory System is at Yellow (MARSEC Level I), or an elevated level of threat for the Port of Providence
 
Local Time Zone
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The Port of Providence and Narragansett Bay are currently utilizing Eastern Standard Time  (GMT - 4 )

Current Maximum drafts at Terminals in feet:
Davisville: 32-00
Prov Port: 38-00
Hudson: 27-05
Exxon: 37-00
Shell: 40-00
Sprague Providence: 32-00 ( flood tide restricted)
Sprague East providence: 30-00 ( daylight flood restricted)

Tides / Currents

Tides:
Newport:
Date                     Day        Time                     Pred      High/Low
2024/06/21       Fri          01:41 AM            0.17      L
2024/06/21       Fri          07:55 AM            3.23      H
2024/06/21       Fri          01:12 PM            0.12      L
2024/06/21       Fri          08:14 PM            4.10      H
2024/06/22       Sat         02:26 AM            0.08      L
2024/06/22       Sat         08:40 AM            3.39      H
2024/06/22       Sat         01:59 PM            0.06      L
2024/06/22       Sat         08:59 PM            4.21      H
 
Providence:
Date                     Day        Time                     Pred      High/Low
2024/06/21       Fri          01:33 AM            0.43      L
2024/06/21       Fri          08:11 AM            4.25      H
2024/06/21       Fri          01:26 PM            0.40      L
2024/06/21       Fri          08:29 PM            5.17      H
2024/06/22       Sat         02:17 AM            0.36      L
2024/06/22       Sat         08:57 AM            4.43      H
2024/06/22       Sat         02:12 PM            0.32      L
2024/06/22       Sat         09:16 PM            5.27      H

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Providence Weather:
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Southwest wind around 6 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.


Narragansett Bay:
.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less, then around

2 ft this afternoon. A chance of showers with a slight chance of

tstms this afternoon. Some tstms may produce gusty winds,

frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall this afternoon.

.TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Waves around 2 ft in the evening,

then 1 foot or less. Patchy fog after midnight. A chance of

showers after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less.

.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft. Patchy fog in the

morning. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.

.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of

showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the evening.

.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the

afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. A chance of

showers in the afternoon.

.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt

after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. Showers

likely.

.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves 2 to

4 ft. Showers likely.

.MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves

2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.

.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Waves 2 to

3 ft.

 
 
 
 
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Rhode Island Sound:
.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW

2 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of

showers with isolated tstms this afternoon. Some tstms may

produce gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall this

afternoon.

.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW

2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers

after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less.

.SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft

at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers in the

morning. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.

.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after

midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds. A

chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the evening.

.SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to

4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: S 4 ft

at 7 seconds and SW 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming S 6 ft at

7 seconds and SW 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers in the

afternoon.

.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas

5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: S 6 ft at 7 seconds and SW 1 foot at

4 seconds. Showers likely.

.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers likely.

.MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas

3 to 5 ft. A chance of showers.

.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

 
 
 
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Buzzards Bay:
.TODAY...SW winds around 5 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then around

2 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 5 seconds and S

1 foot at 8 seconds, becoming SW 1 foot at 5 seconds and SE

1 foot at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of

tstms this afternoon. Some tstms may produce gusty winds,

frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall this afternoon.

.TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft in the evening,

then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 6 seconds. Patchy

fog after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight with vsby

1 NM or less.

.SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft

at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.

.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after

midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 6 seconds. A

chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the evening.

.SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to

4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at 4 seconds.

A chance of showers in the afternoon.

.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas

3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at

4 seconds. Showers likely.

.MON...SW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to

4 ft. Showers likely.

.MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas

2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.

.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

 
 
 
 
 
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Cape Cod Bay:
.TODAY...W winds around 5 kt, becoming NE this afternoon. Seas

1 foot or less. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 2 seconds and SE 1 foot

at 8 seconds. A chance of showers this afternoon.

.TONIGHT...E winds around 5 kt, becoming S after midnight. Seas

1 foot or less. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at 4 seconds. Patchy fog

after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight with vsby 1 NM

or less.

.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft

in the afternoon. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 2 seconds and NE

1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming S 1 foot at 2 seconds and NE 1 foot

at 4 seconds. Patchy fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.

.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:

S 1 foot at 2 seconds and E 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of

showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the evening.

.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the

afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW

2 ft at 3 seconds and S 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers.

.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas

2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 2 ft at

6 seconds. Showers likely.

.MON AND MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.

Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely.

.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas

around 2 ft.

Port / Terminal Restrictions

Cape Cod Canal Air Draft Restriction
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The US Army Corp of Engineers has advised the current maximum air draft for Cape Cod Canal transits is 135 ft. Deep draft is restricted to 32 ft. Vessels over 28 ft will need tide window for transit.  

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