Tuckahoe, Virginia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
720 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
No major changes to the forecast.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Warm weather and chances for showers and storms start today and
continue into the weekend.

2) A gradual pattern change with increased rain chances and cooler
temperatures evolves during the early to middle portion of next
week.

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.DISCUSSION...
As of 230 PM EDT Thursday...

KEY MESSAGE 1...Warm weather and chances for showers and storms
start today and continue into the weekend.

GOES water vapor channels continue to depict a strong upper
ridge centered over the lower Mississippi Valley, with a
flattened trough sliding ESE across the Great Lakes. At the
surface, high pressure is centered from along the Southeast
coast to off the Mid-Atlantic coast, with a cold front well to
our NW over the Ohio Valley. Mostly sunny and warm with
temperatures in the lower to mid 80s. There is a line of
showers/tstms that has developed across northern VA in vicinity
of a lee side trough. This activity is expected to push SE into
NW portions of the CWA over the next few hours, before rapidly
dissipating by this evening and struggling to reach a line from
the Richmond metro to Salisbury. Otherwise, partly cloudy and
mild tonight with low temperatures in the upper 60s to lower
70s.

By Friday, the cold front passes through the area early in the
morning as a high pressure builds south out of the Great Lakes.
CAMs continue to hint at some post-frontal showers/tstms, mainly
over the SW half of the area. Will note, QPF with this activity
is minimal (0.1 to 0.25" across the far SW). In addition to the
showers, with the front moving through the morning temperatures
may struggle to warm especially across the north. High
temperatures Friday likely range from the low to mid 80s N and
upper 80s to possible 90F S. Mostly dry and somewhat cooler
(more seasonal) on Saturday behind the front with highs around
80F/lower 80s. The front likely lifts back to the N as a warm
front Sunday. Still mainly dry Sunday with only low chc PoPs NW.
Warmer with high temperatures in the lower 80s at the coast to
the mid/upper 80s inland.

KEY MESSAGE 2...A gradual pattern change with increased rain
chances and cooler temperatures evolves during the early to
middle portion of next week.

A gradual pattern change begins to evolve by early next week.
Another cold front slowly slides S across the region Monday into
Monday night. There is a chc of showers/tstms with deeper
moisture in place and high temperatures ranging from around 80F
N to the mid/upper 80s S. A decent synoptic agreement continues
from the ECMWF, CMC, AND GFS ensembles showing a strong upper
level ridge building over Hudson Bay. At the surface, this
allows for the potential of a strong high pressure to center
itself over Eastern Canada into northern New England. This
pattern would lead to onshore flow, higher rain chances, and
cooler temperatures by Tuesday/Wednesday.

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.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
As of 720 PM EDT Thursday...

VFR conditions prevails across the terminals for the 00z/18 TAF
period. There are some light pre-frontal showers that will cause
sprinkles or very light rain at RIC for the next hour or two,
but flight restrictions are not anticipated. There is a low-end
chance that these could reach SBY tonight as well, but
confidence is low given how much the showers have degraded as
they head east. Otherwise, only other thing of note is the wind
shift from SSW to N tomorrow behind a cold front, which should
happen between 12-18z from N to S. Rain chances tomorrow are
generally under 20% for the terminals.

Outlook: VFR conditions are expected to prevail Friday night
through the upcoming weekend outside of any localized shallow
ground fog. Another cold front slowly crosses the region Monday
into Tuesday as high pressure builds across northern New England
and Atlantic Canada. This will bring more unsettled conditions
with degraded flight conditions possible.

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.MARINE...
As of 305 PM EDT Thursday..

Key Messages:

- Mainly sub-SCA conditions are forecast through the weekend,
  but increasing southerly winds prevail tonight ahead of a cold
  front, with elevated NE to E winds later Friday through
  Saturday.

- Decent model consensus that strong high pressure becomes
  locked in place across eastern Canada/northern New England
  next week, bringing several days of onshore flow and the
  potential for strong SCAs or Gales.

High pressure has gradually nudged southeastward this afternoon, now
centered over our far southern waters. A cold front is also
approaching from the NW; this will allow S-SE winds to increase to
10 to 15 knots later this evening and tonight. A few gusts to 20 kt
are possible, but sub-Small Craft Advisory conditions remain
forecast through the weekend. In the wake of the front, winds
become N-NW and average 10 to 15 knots for most of Friday with
strong high pressure situated to our north. Winds become E-NE
Saturday and remain elevated at ~10 to 15 knots across all
waters. Winds become southerly later Saturday night into Sunday
and decrease.

By late Monday or Tuesday, the synoptic pattern looks to support a
much more active marine setup for the local area, as strong sfc high
pressure builds across eastern Canada (normalized anomalies are >2
std dev for the sfc high), with low pressure lingering off the SE
coast. This is still several days out, but there is quite strong
consensus amongst the Euro, GFS, and Canadian ensembles in this
pattern. At least strong SCAs appear probable for much of the week,
with a decent chance at Gales, so we will continue to monitor the
trends as this gets closer in time.

The rip current risk will be Moderate for VA Beach and the NC
beaches today where seas ~2.5 ft linger w/ ~8 sec. periods, but low
elsewhere as the swell becomes more from the SE and seas are ~2 ft.
A Low risk is forecast Friday, with a Moderate for Saturday as the
flow becomes onshore once again. Hazardous surf conditions are
possible next week with the prolonged onshore flow.

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.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...None.
NC...None.
VA...None.
MARINE...None.

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DISCUSSION...AJZ/HET
AVIATION...AC
MARINE...LKB/SW