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High tides for western shore

With the full moon approaching, it's a good time to be on the lookout for unusually high tides. And as it happens, with winds from the south earlier today driving water up into the bay and holding it there, high tides have indeed been running about a foot above predicted levels.

The NWS issued a coastal flood statement earlier today, warning of minor flooding in some spots along the western shore and on the tidal reaches of the Potomac River. And they're looking for even more water tomorrow morning as we get closer to Sunday's full moon. (The full moon in June is known as the Rose Moon, or the Strawberry Moon. Nice.)

Here's how the tides are running now in Baltimore. You can click on other stations, too. Pretty clear how much higher the observed tides have been in recent days that the predicted values.

Here are the upcoming high-tide times from the weather service:

ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
ANNAPOLIS...3:07 THIS AFTERNOON AND 4:05 AM FRIDAY...
FORT MCHENRY...4:45 THIS AFTERNOON AND 5:43 AM FRIDAY...
BOWLEY BAR...5:36 THIS AFTERNOON AND 6:34 AM FRIDAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...7:56 THIS EVENING AND 8:54 AM FRIDAY...

ON THE TIDAL POTOMAC...
GOOSE BAY PORT TOBACCO RIVER...2:27 PM AND 2:32 AM FRIDAY...
INDIAN HEAD...6:21 THIS EVENING AND 6:26 AM FRIDAY...
ALEXANDRIA...6:55 THIS EVENING AND 7:00 AM FRIDAY...
KEY BRIDGE GEORGETOWN...7:12 THIS EVENING AND 7:17 AM FRIDAY...

Posted by Frank Roylance on June 8, 2006 3:33 PM |
                    

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About Frank Roylance
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.
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