National Weather Service:
Coastal Flood Warning
    

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Current conditions
As of 7:20 AM EDT
at Washington, District of Columbia

Overcast
Temperature: 46°
Wind chill:41°
Wind: North 12 mph
Dewpoint: 36°
Humidity: 66%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Forecast

As of 6:00 am EDT on March 16, 2010

Today...Mostly cloudy this morning...then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight...Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

Wednesday...Patchy fog in the morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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    Regional conditions
LocationConditionsTemp..
Arlington Overcast 46°
Riverdale Overcast 46°
Andrews Air Force Base Overcast 43°
Fort Belvoir Overcast 46°
Fort Meade Overcast 41°
Gaithersburg Overcast 43°
Dulles Overcast 46°
Baltimore Overcast 45°
Annapolis Overcast 46°
Bristow Unknown 45°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
March 16, 2010
Normal high:56° Record high:87° (1945)
Normal low:37° Record low:14° (1911)
Sunrise:7:17 AM Moon Rise: 7:15 AM
Sunset:7:16 PM Moon Set: 8:21 PM
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Coastal Flood Warning
Issued by the National Weather Service at 4:16 am EDT on March 16, 2010


... Coastal Flood Warning remains in effect until midnight EDT
tonight...

A coastal Flood Warning remains in effect until midnight EDT
tonight for the District of Columbia... Arlington County and the
city of Alexandria.

Freshwater input into the tidal Potomac will be great enough to
sustain moderate coastal flooding in Washington DC and Arlington
and possibly in Alexandria today for the next two high tides.
Water levels are expected to be 7 to 9 ft at Wisconsin Avenue
today.

Here are the times of the next high tides...
key bridge... 9:44 am and 10:08 PM...
Alexandria... 9:37 am and 10:01 PM...




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