Daily Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
January 17, 2025
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 2025/01/16 Thu 02:20 AM -0.23 L 2025/01/16 Thu 09:22 AM 3.70 H 2025/01/16 Thu 03:10 PM -0.11 L 2025/01/16 Thu 09:44 PM 3.46 H 2025/01/17 Fri 03:02 AM -0.12 L 2025/01/17 Fri 10:04 AM 3.42 H 2025/01/17 Fri 03:37 PM -0.05 L 2025/01/17 Fri 10:29 PM 3.31 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/01/16 Thu 02:15 AM -0.24 L 2025/01/16 Thu 09:37 AM 4.40 H 2025/01/16 Thu 02:56 PM -0.01 L 2025/01/16 Thu 09:59 PM 4.11 H 2025/01/17 Fri 03:01 AM -0.12 L 2025/01/17 Fri 10:19 AM 4.09 H 2025/01/17 Fri 03:34 PM 0.03 L 2025/01/17 Fri 10:44 PM 3.94 H
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 31. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 6 to 8 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Light and variable wind.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 46. South wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of rain after 3pm, mixing with snow after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night
Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 19. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
M.L.King Day
A chance of snow before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 27. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 8. West wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. West wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 4. West wind 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 20. West wind 5 to 8 mph.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft, then
1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with
gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then
around 2 ft after midnight.
.SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to
4 ft. A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Patchy fog in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog in the
evening. A chance of rain in the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N with gusts up to 20 kt in
the afternoon. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
2 to 3 ft. Snow. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to
3 ft. Light freezing spray.
.MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: W 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft
at 6 seconds.
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of rain in the
morning, then rain in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W around 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds and SE
1 foot at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening. Rain likely in
the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds and
SE 4 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 5 ft at 9 seconds and N 3 ft at
4 seconds. Snow. Rain likely in the evening. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Light freezing spray.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Light freezing spray.
.TUE...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Light freezing spray.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Light freezing spray.
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Buzzards Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: NW 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with
gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 2 ft at 6 seconds and N 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds. A chance of rain in the
morning, then rain in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and E
1 foot at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening. Rain likely in
the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt with gusts up
to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft
at 6 seconds and SE 2 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft
at 4 seconds and S 2 ft at 10 seconds. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Light freezing spray.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Light freezing spray.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
Seas 2 to 3 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: N 1 foot at 4 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening, then
1 foot or less. Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 4 seconds and E 1 foot
at 11 seconds, becoming SW 1 foot at 3 seconds and N 1 foot at
4 seconds.
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
Rain in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S
2 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the
evening. Rain likely in the evening.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 20 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 3 seconds
and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft
at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds. Snow. Rain in the
evening. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Light freezing spray. A chance of snow showers. Vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.MON NIGHT AND TUE...W winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Light freezing spray.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 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.
