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Coastal Flood Advisory
    

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52° | 38° 59° | 38° 63° | 43° 65° | 45° 67° | 49°



Current conditions
As of 5:20 PM EDT
at Currituck, North Carolina

Overcast
Temperature: 52°
Wind: North 10 mph
Dewpoint: 33°
Humidity: 47%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Forecast

As of 3:05 PM EDT on March 16, 2010

Tonight...Partly cloudy early this evening...then clearing. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night...Mostly clear in the evening...then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph... becoming north after midnight.

Radar
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    Regional conditions
LocationConditionsTemp..
Maple Overcast 52°
Camden Mostly Cloudy 53°
Chesapeake Scattered Clouds 55°
Virginia Beach Mostly Cloudy 51°
Kill Devil Hills Overcast 49°
Norfolk (Norfolk International) Mostly Cloudy 52°
Manteo Overcast 50°
Suffolk Clear 55°
Edenton Overcast 52°
Norfolk (Norfolk Naval Station / Chambers Field) Scattered Clouds 56°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
March 16, 2010
Normal high:63° Record high:87° (1945)
Normal low:40° Record low:25° (1979)
Sunrise:7:13 AM Moon Rise: 7:13 AM
Sunset:7:12 PM Moon Set: 8:15 PM
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Detailed History and Climate

Coastal Flood Advisory
Issued by the National Weather Service at 2:44 PM EDT on March 16, 2010


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

A coastal Flood Advisory remains in effect until midnight EDT
tonight.

At Sewells Point... the next high tide will occur at 1030 PM EDT
this evening. The water level referenced to mean lower low water is
expected to peak from 4.2 to 4.5 feet... which is an anomaly of
around 1.5 to 2.0 feet above normal. Minor flooding at Sewells
Point begins at 4.5 feet MLLW.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A coastal Flood Advisory indicates that onshore winds and tides
will combine to generate flooding of low areas along the shore.





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