Daily Update
RI / Southern Massachusetts
February 03, 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 2025/02/02 Sun 03:39 AM -0.43 L 2025/02/02 Sun 10:27 AM 3.71 H 2025/02/02 Sun 03:54 PM -0.56 L 2025/02/02 Sun 10:57 PM 3.88 H 2025/02/03 Mon 04:29 AM -0.20 L 2025/02/03 Mon 11:21 AM 3.45 H 2025/02/03 Mon 04:36 PM -0.41 L 2025/02/03 Mon 11:52 PM 3.82 H Providence: Date Day Time Pred High/Low 2025/02/02 Sun 03:44 AM -0.46 L 2025/02/02 Sun 10:48 AM 4.68 H 2025/02/02 Sun 04:04 PM -0.64 L 2025/02/02 Sun 11:15 PM 4.75 H 2025/02/03 Mon 04:31 AM -0.22 L 2025/02/03 Mon 11:41 AM 4.39 H 2025/02/03 Mon 04:47 PM -0.49 L
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Providence Weather:
Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 9pm and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday
Snow before 9am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow between 9am and 10am, then rain after 10am. Patchy fog. High near 46. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Snow likely. Patchy fog. Patchy freezing fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday
Rain and snow likely. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. Patchy freezing fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. East wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Narragansett Bay:
Narragansett Bay:
.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt this afternoon.
Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby
1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt in the
evening. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft in the morning,
then 1 foot or less.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming SE after midnight.
Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of snow in the evening, then snow
likely with a chance of rain after midnight. Patchy fog after
midnight with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to
4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain and snow. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves
3 to 5 ft. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.
Waves 2 to 3 ft. At the bay entrance, waves 4 to 6 ft, subsiding
to 2 to 4 ft.
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Rhode Island Sound:
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt this afternoon.
Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 5 ft at 6 seconds and SE 5 ft at
11 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW
5 ft at 7 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds
and S 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 ft in the morning, then 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 3 seconds and S 2 ft at 8 seconds,
becoming W 1 foot at 3 seconds and S 1 foot at 8 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with
gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: S 1 foot at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 11 seconds. A
chance of snow in the evening, then snow likely with a chance of
rain after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight with vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.THU...S winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Patchy fog. Rain with snow likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU NIGHT...W winds around 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft. Patchy fog. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
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Buzzards Bay:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt this afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 4 seconds and S 2 ft at 8 seconds.
Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW
3 ft at 7 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt,
diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave
Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft in the morning, then
1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 1 foot at
7 seconds, becoming NW 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming SE 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at
4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. A chance of snow in the
evening, then snow likely with a chance of rain after midnight.
Patchy fog after midnight with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.THU...S winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain with snow likely. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to
15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
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Cape Cod Bay:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt this afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW
1 foot at 2 seconds and NE 1 foot at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 3 seconds and SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to
3 NM.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft, building to 3 to
5 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 4 seconds and S
2 ft at 8 seconds, becoming NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 foot at
9 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, subsiding to
3 to 4 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 5 seconds and
SE 1 foot at 9 seconds, becoming NW 4 ft at 6 seconds and NE
1 foot at 9 seconds.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, diminishing
to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 6 seconds, becoming NW 1 foot at 4 seconds
and NE 1 foot at 7 seconds. A chance of snow after midnight.
.THU...S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain and snow. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
.FRI...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
2 to 4 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.
