Daily Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
December 09, 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 )
Daylight Savings
Daylight Savings
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Sunday November 3rd at 0200 clocks will be retarded 1 hour UTC -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:
Newport:
Date Day Time Pred High/Low
2024/12/06 Fri 03:55 AM 0.21 L
2024/12/06 Fri 11:09 AM 3.53 H
2024/12/06 Fri 04:47 PM 0.24 L
2024/12/06 Fri 11:44 PM 3.13 H
2024/12/07 Sat 04:50 AM 0.34 L
2024/12/07 Sat 12:05 PM 3.46 H
2024/12/07 Sat 05:41 PM 0.25 L
Providence:
Date Day Time Pred High/Low
2024/12/06 Fri 04:11 AM 0.23 L
2024/12/06 Fri 11:30 AM 4.43 H
2024/12/06 Fri 04:52 PM 0.34 L
2024/12/07 Sat 12:01 AM 3.96 H
2024/12/07 Sat 05:00 AM 0.38 L
2024/12/07 Sat 12:25 PM 4.38 H
2024/12/07 Sat 05:42 PM 0.36 L
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Rain, mainly after 4pm. High near 46. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Low around 38. East wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
Rain, mainly after 10pm. Patchy fog before 8pm. Low around 42. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 63. South wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Wednesday Night
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then rain likely. Low around 35. South wind 11 to 18 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 22. West wind around 7 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 35. West wind 5 to 7 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 20. Calm wind.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Calm wind.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 44. East wind 3 to 8 mph.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
around 2 ft. Rain with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...E winds around 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
NW after midnight. Waves around 2 ft. Rain in the evening. Patchy
fog after midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...N winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Waves
around 2 ft. Patchy fog in the morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with
gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Rain.
.WED...S winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 35 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to
8 ft in the afternoon. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming SW 20 to 25 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 40 kt. Waves 7 to 10 ft, except 9 to 13 ft
at the bay entrance. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 5 to
7 ft. A chance of rain.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Waves
3 to 5 ft.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 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:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds around 5 kt, becoming SE 10 to 15 kt
with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at
8 seconds and SE 1 foot at 3 seconds. Rain with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
W after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at
7 seconds and SE 2 ft at 4 seconds. Rain in the evening. Patchy
fog after midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog in the
morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds. Rain.
.WED...S winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, increasing to
25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to
6 ft, building to 7 to 10 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: S
6 ft at 6 seconds and SE 5 ft at 11 seconds, becoming S 10 ft at
6 seconds. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 30 to 35 kt, becoming SW 25 to 30 kt after
midnight. Seas 11 to 15 ft. Wave Detail: S 15 ft at 10 seconds
and SW 3 ft at 5 seconds. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 8 to
11 ft. A chance of rain.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. A chance of
rain.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
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Buzzards Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds around 5 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft.
Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 5 seconds and SW 1 foot at 8 seconds,
becoming S 2 ft at 8 seconds and SE 1 foot at 5 seconds. Rain
with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming W
5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft
at 6 seconds. Rain in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight.
Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...W winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 6 seconds. Patchy fog in the
morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with
gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:
SE 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 2 ft at 7 seconds. Rain.
.WED...S winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, increasing to
25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to
4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: S 4 ft
at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at 8 seconds, becoming S 6 ft at
6 seconds. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 30 to 35 kt, becoming SW 25 to 30 kt after
midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave Detail: S 8 ft at 10 seconds and
S 5 ft at 5 seconds. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft. A chance of rain.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft, then 1 foot or less.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds around 5 kt, becoming E with gusts up
to 20 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NW 1 foot at
4 seconds and S 1 foot at 7 seconds. Rain likely.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S after midnight. Gusts
up to 25 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at
4 seconds. Rain, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog after
midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 3 seconds and NE 1 foot at
5 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with
gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
2 ft at 3 seconds and NE 2 ft at 7 seconds. Rain.
.WED...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, increasing to
20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to
4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 3 seconds and NE 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming SE 4 ft at
5 seconds. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas
6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: S 5 ft at 4 seconds and SE 5 ft at
7 seconds. Rain. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Rain likely.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of
rain.
.FRI...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. 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.
