Melfa, Virginia
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Almanac
Average High: 55°
Average Low: 38°
Record high/year: 75° (1991)
Record low/year: 22° (1984)
Sunrise: 6:49 AM
Sunset: 4:48 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 06:49 AM (EST)
Moon Rise: 10:54 AM (EST)
Sunset: 04:48 PM (EST)
Moon Set: 08:59 PM (EST)
Moon Phase
Today
Nov. 24
Dec. 02
Dec. 08
Dec. 16
Next 12 Hours
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Hi 59°
Lo 43°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 56°
Lo 52°
Chance of Rain
Hi 56°
Lo 45°
Rain
Hi 61°
Lo 45°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 61°
Lo 45°
Partly Cloudy
Forecast for Accomack
Rest of Today
Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of light rain early in the afternoon. A chance of light rain late. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Sunday Night
Cloudy with light rain likely. Warmer with lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Monday
Cloudy with rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Monday Night
Cloudy. Rain likely...mainly in the evening. Breezy with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning...then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Tuesday Night through Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Thanksgiving Day
Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
Thursday Night and Friday
Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 50s.
Public Information Statement Statement as of 9:45 am EST on November 21, 2009
... Intense coastal storm brings heavy rain... wind and coastal
flooding to the southern mid-Atlantic region...
An intense coastal storm crossed the region November 11-14 2009.
Very heavy rainfall... gusty winds... and minor to moderate coastal
flooding impacts were noted across much of our area during this
event.
Rainfall amounts varied considerably from west to east across
central and eastern Virginia... northeast North Carolina... and the
lower Eastern Shore. Heaviest rainfall occurred over the eastern
half of the area... and ranged from 6 to 11+ inches... with the
heaviest rainfall totals coming on the 11th and 12th.
The following are unofficial peak wind gusts... rainfall totals and
peak tidal heights from ASOS sites... AWOS sites... mesonets and buoys
across southeast Virginia... the Delmarva Peninsula and northeastern
North Carolina. Appreciation is extended to media... cooperative
observers... cocorahs observers and Skywarn spotters for their
reports throughout this event. This summary is also available on our
home Page at weather.Gov/akq
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Location peak wind gust peak wind gust
(mph) (time(est)/date)
Kntu (oceana va) 75 (614 PM 11/12)
korf (norfolk va) 74 (611 PM 11/12)
chyv2 (cape Henry va) 72 (543 PM 11/12)
cbbv2 (cbbt va) 71 (800 PM 11/12)
kphf (patrick Henry va) 67 (633 PM 11/12)
ykrv2 (york river light va) 66 (506 PM 11/12)
kngu (norfolk NAS va) 66 (628 PM 11/12)
klfi (langley AFB va) 64 (611 PM 11/12)
44009 (buoy 15nm E Fenwick is de) 62 (400 PM 11/12)
rplv2 (rappahannock light va) 61 (230 PM 11/12)
kwal (wallops island va) 59 (758 PM 11/12)
yktv1 (york cg training facility) 58 (212 PM 11/12)
wahv2 (wachapreague va) 57 (600 PM 11/12)
west Cradock (se portsmouth) 57 (1023 PM 11/12)
koxb (ocean city md) 56 (1215 PM 11/12)
kecg (elizabeth city nc) 54 (204 PM 11/12)
dukn7 (duck pier nc) 53 (1012 am 11/12)
astm2 (assateague island) 52 (1140 PM 11/12)
kmfv (melfa va) 49 (742 PM 11/12)
ocim2 (ocean city inlet MD 44 (848 am 11/12)
Here are some unofficial reports in inches from storm
spotters... cooperative observers and cocorahs observers... along with
a few official reports from area airports. Precipitation amounts are
storm totals... for the period 11/11 through 11/15... unless otherwise
specified.
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Location rainfall (in)
In Virginia...
... City of Chesapeake...
Chesapeake Municipal Airport (kcpk) 5.08
... City of Hampton...
Hampton (cocorahs) 12.23
Langley Air Force Base (klfi) 10.73
Hampton 1.9 NW (cocorahs) 9.00 (11/12-13)
... City of Newport News...
Newport News 8.1 W (cocorahs) 12.23
Newport News/Williamsburg Intl Arpt (kphf) 10.07
Newport News 3.3 E (cocorahs) 10.06
Newport News 2.9 NNW (cocorahs) 8.58
... City of Norfolk...
Norfolk Intl Airport (korf) 7.77
Fentress (cooperative observer) 10.14
... City of Petersburg...
Petersburg/Dinwiddie cnty Arpt (kptb) 5.00
... City of Portsmouth...
spotter 8.71 (11/11-13)
... City of Poquoson...
Poquoson 5.8 W (cocorahs) 6.88
... City of Suffolk...
Suffolk 13.3 NE (cocorahs) 11.19
Suffolk Municipal Airport (ksfq) 6.23
... City of Virginia Beach...
Virginia Beach 1.2 SW (cocorahs) 12.81
Virginia Beach 11.2 NNW (cocorahs) 11.27
Oceana Naval Air Station (kntu) 10.78
Virginia Beach 5.9 SSW (cocorahs) 10.72
laskin Road (spotter) 9.17 (11/11-13)
Virginia Beach 5.8 NNW (cocorahs) 8.72
... Accomack County...
Onancock 3.9 SW (cocorahs) 5.88
Onley 0.6 se (cocorahs) 6.25
Wallops Island (kwal) 4.48 (thru 1pm 11/13)
... Caroline County...
Ruther Glen 5.30 (through 1pm)
... Chesterfield County...
Salisbury section of Midlothian 5.93
Chester 1.3 S (cocorahs) 5.67
Chester (walthall... NWS employee) 5.60
Winterpock 5.13
... Emporia...
water treatment plant (nw part of city) 5.28 (through 9 am)
waste water treatment plant (se section) 7.04 (through 9 am)
... Hanover County...
Hanover County Municipal Arpt (kofp) 6.08
... Henrico County...
Richmond 6 NW (cocorahs) 5.86
Glen Allen 4.6 W (cocorahs) 5.67
Laurel 2.5 SW (cocorahs) 5.58
Richmond Intl Airport (kric) 5.49 (through 1 pm)
... Isle of Wight...
Smithfield 2.6 E (cocorahs) 6.93
Carrsville 0.6 SW (cocorahs) 6.11
... James City County...
Williamsburg 4.9 NNW (cocorahs) 7.06
Norge 5.74 (11/12-13)
Williamsburg 5.46 (11/12/13)
... King William...
West Point (cocorahs) 5.43
... Lancaster County...
Urbanna 6.2 NNE (cocorahs) 5.84
... Louisa County...
Bumpass 8.3 SW (cocorahs) 3.86 (11/11-13)
Gordonsville 10.4 S (cocorahs) 3.27
... Middlesex County...
White Stone 8.0 SSW (cocorahs) 7.73
... Northumberland County...
Lottsburg (cocorahs) 3.17
... Powhatan County...
Powhatan 5.43
... Prince Edward County...
Farmville (kfvx) 4.53
... Prince George...
7 NE Disputanta (NWS employee) 6.26 (through 1 pm)
... Sussex County...
Wakefield Municipal Airport (kakq) 6.03
NWS Wakefield 6.75 (through 7 am)
... Westmoreland County...
Montross 5.2 ESE (cocorahs) 3.84
Colonial Beach 1.2 SSE (cocorahs) 3.73
... York County...
Yorktown 2.8 se (cocorahs) 8.26
Newport News 7.5 NNE (cocorahs) 8.71
Yorktown (spotter) 7.41 (11/12-13)
Newport News 5.8 NE (cocorahs) 5.10
... North Carolina...
... Pasquotank County...
Elizabeth City Coast Guard (kecg) 6.57
... Maryland...
... Worcester County...
Ocean City (koxb) 4.54
Bishopville 3.1 E (cocorahs) 4.78 (through 6 am)
... Wicomico County...
Salisbury (ksby) 3.95 (through 1 pm)
Salisbury 2.5 WSW (cocorahs) 3.72 (through 6 am)
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the following are peak tidal heights at numerous tidal locations
along the mid-Atlantic coast and Chesapeake Bay.
Location date time departure from height above
(est) astronomical tide MLLW (ft)
(ft)
... North Carolina...
Duck 11/13 424 am 3.22 7.20
... Virginia...
Sewells Point 11/13 618 PM 5.34 7.74
Money Point 11/12 712 PM 6.17 8.59
Cbbt 11/12 542 PM 5.16 7.61
Yorktown 11/12 618 PM 4.56 6.86
Windmill Point 11/13 730 am 3.05 4.62
Kiptopeke 11/13 530 am 3.90 7.04
Lewisetta 11/13 1018 am 2.60 4.13
... Maryland...
Ocean City 11/13 624 am 3.17 5.44
Cambridge 11/13 1254 PM 1.67 3.69
Personal Weather Stations
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Location: The Frog and PenguINN, Onley, VA Updated: 10:19 AM EST |
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| Temperature: 53.9 °F | Dew Point: 44 °F | Humidity: 68% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 30.11 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: NOS_PORTS Wachapreague, VA, Wachapreague, VA Updated: 9:42 AM EST |
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| Temperature: °F | Dew Point: - | Humidity: - | Wind: NNE at 7 mph | Pressure: 30.19 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: -13 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: VADOT Tasley, Accomac, VA Updated: 9:42 AM EST |
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| Temperature: 51 °F | Dew Point: 44 °F | Humidity: 75% | Wind: NNW at 4 mph | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Fred's Weather Station, Quinby, VA Updated: 10:22 AM EST |
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| Temperature: 54.8 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 75% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 30.11 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: VADOT Rt_13_@_Accomac_CL, Exmore, VA Updated: 9:40 AM EST |
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| Temperature: 53 °F | Dew Point: 39 °F | Humidity: 59% | Wind: NNE at 8 mph | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: NOS_PORTS Rappahannock Light, VA, Davis Wharf, VA Updated: 9:48 AM EST |
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| Temperature: °F | Dew Point: - | Humidity: - | Wind: North at 11 mph | Pressure: 30.14 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: -17 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Turkey's Rest, Bloxom, VA Updated: 10:22 AM EST |
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| Temperature: 52.0 °F | Dew Point: 44 °F | Humidity: 74% | Wind: NNE at 2.3 mph | Pressure: 30.14 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: - | Historical Graphs |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
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FXUS61 KAKQ 211130
AFDAKQ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
630 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN
BECOMES CENTERED TO OUR NORTH ON SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO
OUR SOUTH TONIGHT...THEN TRACKS NORTHEAST OFF THE COASTAL CAROLINAS
LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE LOW MOVES FARTHER OFFSHORE MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
LOOK FOR PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING OVER THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE
REGION THIS MORNING. SOME VSBYS WILL FALL TO UNDER 2 MILES IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION TDY AS
NEXT SYSTEM TO EFFECT THE RGN MOVES ALONG THE WRN SECTIONS OF THE
GULF COAST. E/NE WINDS OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO TEMPS IN THE UPR
50S TO LOW 60S. HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE REGION
TODAY AS SW FLOW ALOFT IN ADVANCE OF NEXT SYSTEM. WILL GENERALLY
CALL FOR P/C-P/S SKIES TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPR 50S TO LOW 60S
FOR MOST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS TONIGHT AS SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN US. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SATURATE MID/LOW LVLS OF
THE AIRMASS (S-N) OVER THE RGN. PRECIP WILL START OF FAIRLY LIGHT AT
FIRST AS OVERRUNNING DVLPS WITH SW FLOW ALOFT WELL AHEAD OF MAIN
SYSTEM ON SUN. LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE MID/UPR 50S.
PRECIP CHCS INCREASE SUN NIGHT AND INTO MON AS SYSTEM MOVES TO THE
NE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. BEST SHOT OF PRECIP ACCUMS OVER A QUARTER
OF AN INCH WILL BE OVER THE SRN THIRD OF THE CWA WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS BY MON AFTN OVER THE FAR SE. FOLLOWING CLOSE TO/BUT NOT AS
HIGH AS THE ECMWF SOLN WITH REGARD TO PRECIP AMOUNTS AS SYSTEM MOVES
FURTHER UP THE EAST COAST. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE CLOUDS AND
AREAS OF -RA/DZ CONTINUE INTO TUE AM BEFORE ENOUGH DRY AIR FILTERS
OUT THE BL LATER IN THE DAY. OVERALL FOR THIS SYSTEM...CRNTLY
LOOKING AT NEAR A HALF OF AN INCH OF PRECIP OVER THE NW AND AROUND
AN INCH OVER THE FAR SE. THIS WILL OCCUR ENOUGH OVER TIME TO KEEP
ANY FLASH FLOODING ISSUES TO A MINIMUM WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL
WE HAVE SEEN AS OF LATE.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FOR TUE NIGHT/WED...RIDGING DEVELOPS EITHER ALONG THE E COAST
(ECMWF) OR WELL OFF THE COAST (GFS). GNLY KEEPING SKIES PTLY
CLOUDY FOR THIS PERIOD WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVG
TEMPS...HIGHS INTO LWR 60S AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE 40S. AS THE
RIDGE BREAKS DOWN ON THANKSGIVING DAY...GFS/ECMWF BRING NEXT
SYSTEM INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH (ALTHOUGH AGAIN W/ MAJOR
DIFFERENCES IN TRACK). BRING INCREASING CLOUDS INTO THE
FCST...ALONG WITH AT LEAST A SLGT CHC FOR SHWRS. FRONT LOOKS TO
PUSH THROUGH BY FRI...DRIER AND COOLER WX FOR FRI.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CNDTNS XPCTD THRU FCST PRD DESPITE WDSPRD CI OVRSPRDG RGN FROM
SW. LOW APPRCHS FROM S BY LATE SUN WITH NXT CHC FOR LWR CIGS AND
CHANCE FOR RAIN INTO MON. THE WEATHER IMPROVES AGAIN BY TUE.
&&
.MARINE...
CNDTNS REMAIN BLO SCA LVLS THRU SUN MORN AS HIGH PRS DOMINATES.
LOW PRS ALONG THE SRN STATES MOVES SLOWLY NE LATE SUN INTO ERLY NXT
WEEK. NE PRS GRDNT PROGGED TO INCRS AFTR 18Z SUN FROM THE MOUTH OF
THE CHES BAY ON S. MEANWHILE...SUSTAINED NE FETCH SLOWLY BUILDS SEAS
TO ARND 5 FT ACROSS THE CSTL WTRS SUN AFTRN AND BEYOND. ALTHOUGH
THERE IS STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT IN THE MODELS ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK
OF THIS SYSTM...CONFIDENCE HIGH ENUF ATTM TO HOIST (MARGINAL) SCA
HEADLINES STARTING SUN AFTRN AND CONTG SUN NITE ACROSS ALL CSTL
WTRS...CURRITUCK SND AND THE MOUTH OF THE CHES BAY. WILL END SCA
HEADLINES LATE SUN NITE (AT THE END OF THE 4TH PRD)...ALTHOUGH LTST
WAVEWATCH HAS SEAS AOA 5 FT THRU TUE.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM EST MONDAY FOR
ANZ632-633-650-652-654-656-658.
&&
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SYNOPSIS...CCW
NEAR TERM...CCW
SHORT TERM...CCW
LONG TERM...LKB
AVIATION...MPR
MARINE...MPR
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