Division 05S-01 USCGAUX Weather Related Information

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Division 1, 5th Coast Guard District, Upper Chesapeake, Maryland

Sailboat approaching a squall line

NOAA Safe Boating Weather Tips

Check Weather Before Leaving Dock

  • Tune VHF radio to marine weather channel 2

Other local weather channels:

channel 1 --  Manassas, Virginia
channel 3 --  Salisbury, Maryland
channel 6 --  Sudlersville, Maryland

  • Watch local TV Weather Channel for conditions

  • Check AM radio for static

  • Look to SW or W sky for signs of advancing foul weather

  • Marine weather forecasts and also small-craft advisories, gale, storm, and hurricane warnings, when issued, can be obtained by telephone: Baltimore, MD (410-936-1212)

  • Online Weather Resources

  • The Weather Channel

  • National Weather Service

  • Local Weather

  • Atlantic Tropical Weather Center

  • Baltimore Radar Image

  • Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System

  • Thomas Point Light, MD (Current Weather Observation)

  • Weather (precipitation)

  • Weather (radar image)

  • Weather (satellite image)

  • Tide Resources

  • Make A Tide Prediction

  • Tide Predictions for Annapolis

  • Tide Predictions for Baltimore (Fort McHenry)

  • Tide Predictions for Baltimore Harbor Approach

  • Tide Predictions for Solomon's Island

  • Tide Predictions for Thomas Point Light

  • Tide Predictions for Washington, D.C.

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