Daily Update

RI / Southern Massachusetts

August 12, 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 )

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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:
Date                    Day       Time                    Pred      High/Low
2024/08/12        Mon      01:22 AM           2.72       H
2024/08/12        Mon      06:39 AM           0.68       L
2024/08/12        Mon      01:52 PM            3.24       H
2024/08/12        Mon      07:57 PM            1.02       L
2024/08/13        Tue        02:10 AM           2.64       H
2024/08/13        Tue        07:34 AM           0.75       L
2024/08/13        Tue        02:40 PM            3.23       H
2024/08/13        Tue        09:18 PM            1.00       L
 
Providence:
Date                    Day       Time                    Pred      High/Low
2024/08/12        Mon      01:45 AM           3.61       H
2024/08/12        Mon      06:59 AM           0.99       L
2024/08/12        Mon      02:10 PM            4.21       H
2024/08/12        Mon      07:58 PM            1.36       L
2024/08/13        Tue        02:32 AM           3.55       H
2024/08/13        Tue        07:55 AM           1.12       L
2024/08/13        Tue        02:57 PM            4.21       H
2024/08/13        Tue        09:07 PM            1.37       L

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Providence Weather:
This Afternoon
Scattered showers between 3pm and 4pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then isolated showers between 8pm and 9pm. Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind.
Thursday
A chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 6 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds around 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.

Waves around 2 ft. Scattered showers.

.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves

around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Scattered

showers in the evening.

.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W in the afternoon. Waves

around 2 ft in the morning, then 1 foot or less.

.TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.

Waves around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less.

.WED...N winds around 5 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Waves

1 foot or less.

.WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming N after midnight.

Waves 1 foot or less.

.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft.

 
 
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Rhode Island Sound:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.

Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at

3 seconds.

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to

3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds.

.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt with gusts up

to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft

at 3 seconds and S 2 ft at 7 seconds.

.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt,

becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave

Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 2 ft at 7 seconds.

.WED...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas

1 foot or less. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot

at 7 seconds.

.WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming N around 5 kt after

midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at

4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds.

.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.

 
 
 
 
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Buzzards Bay:



.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.

Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 1 foot

at 7 seconds.

.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around

2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot

at 4 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds, becoming W 1 foot at

3 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.

.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW with gusts up to 20 kt in

the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NW 1 foot at

3 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.

.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.

Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 4 seconds and S

1 foot at 7 seconds.

.WED...N winds around 5 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas

1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NW 1 foot at 4 seconds and S 1 foot

at 7 seconds.

.WED NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt, becoming N around 5 kt after

midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NE 1 foot at

2 seconds and SW 1 foot at 4 seconds.

.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.

 
 
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Cape Cod Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: W 1 foot at 2 seconds and SE 1 foot at 8 seconds.

Isolated showers.

.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after midnight.

Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft after midnight. Wave

Detail: W 1 foot at 2 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds,

becoming NW 1 foot at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 8 seconds.

Scattered showers in the evening.

.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.

Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 3 seconds and SE

1 foot at 7 seconds.

.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.

Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 3 seconds and SW

1 foot at 3 seconds.

.WED AND WED NIGHT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.

.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds.

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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