Daily Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
September 20, 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:
Current Maximum drafts at Terminals in feet:
Davisville: 32-00
Prov Port: 38-00
Hudson: 27-05
Exxon: 38-00
Shell: 39-02
Sprague Providence: 32-00 ( flood tide restricted)
Sprague East providence: 30-00 ( daylight flood restricted)
Tides / Currents
Tides:
Date Day Time Pred High/Low
2024/09/20 Fri 03:08 AM -0.49 L
2024/09/20 Fri 10:02 AM 5.00 H
2024/09/20 Fri 03:59 PM -0.24 L
2024/09/20 Fri 10:27 PM 4.26 H
2024/09/21 Sat 03:50 AM -0.35 L
2024/09/21 Sat 10:54 AM 4.84 H
2024/09/21 Sat 04:49 PM 0.03 L
2024/09/21 Sat 11:20 PM 3.96 H
Providence:
Date Day Time Pred High/Low
2024/09/20 Fri 03:12 AM -0.57 L
2024/09/20 Fri 10:20 AM 6.04 H
2024/09/20 Fri 03:50 PM -0.15 L
2024/09/20 Fri 10:46 PM 5.32 H
2024/09/21 Sat 03:57 AM -0.45 L
2024/09/21 Sat 11:12 AM 5.86 H
2024/09/21 Sat 04:39 PM 0.11 L
2024/09/21 Sat 11:40 PM 4.97 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
This Afternoon
A chance of showers, mainly before 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 67. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of showers. Patchy fog between 8am and 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 64. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 55. North wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers between 9am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind 5 to 7 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. East wind 5 to 8 mph.
Tuesday Night
Cloudy, with a low around 54. East wind 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. East wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
Waves 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog. A chance of showers.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. Patchy fog. A chance of showers.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. Patchy fog. A chance of showers.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.MON THROUGH TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to
20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the
average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave
heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
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Rhode Island Sound:
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at
8 seconds. Patchy fog. A chance of showers.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Wave Detail: N 5 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at 9 seconds.
Patchy fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Wave Detail: N 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at 9 seconds.
Patchy fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, becoming
NE 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N
4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of showers.
.SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 4 ft at 5 seconds and E 3 ft at 10 seconds.
A chance of showers in the morning.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail:
NE 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.MON THROUGH TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
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Buzzards Bay:
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at
5 seconds and E 3 ft at 8 seconds, becoming N 3 ft at 5 seconds
and E 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 3 ft at 9 seconds.
Patchy fog. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 3 ft at 10 seconds.
Patchy fog. Showers likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt in the
evening. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and E
3 ft at 10 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Patchy
fog in the evening.
.SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and N 2 ft at 4 seconds.
A chance of showers in the morning.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E
3 ft at 11 seconds and NE 2 ft at 4 seconds.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 4 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at
8 seconds and N 4 ft at 4 seconds, becoming E 6 ft at 9 seconds
and N 5 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog. Showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 5 to
8 ft. Wave Detail: E 7 ft at 9 seconds and N 6 ft at 5 seconds.
Patchy fog. Showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 5 to
8 ft. Wave Detail: E 7 ft at 9 seconds and N 6 ft at 6 seconds.
Patchy fog. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail:
NE 6 ft at 9 seconds and N 5 ft at 6 seconds. Showers likely,
mainly in the evening.
.SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to
6 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 10 seconds and N 4 ft at 6 seconds.
A chance of showers in the morning.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 10 seconds and N 3 ft at
4 seconds.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 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.