Tuckahoe, Virginia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
326 AM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Confidence has increased in record breaking temperatures on
Wednesday. Confidence has also increased in strong SCA or Gale
conditions Friday night into Saturday behind a strong cold
front.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Well above normal temperatures with mostly dry conditions are
expected through Friday. Record breaking highs are possible
Wednesday.

2) Much cooler temperatures arrive this weekend. Frost is possible
across portions of the area.

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.DISCUSSION...
As of 325 AM EDT Tuesday...

KEY MESSAGE 1...Well above normal temperatures with mostly dry
conditions are expected through Friday. Record breaking highs are
possible Wednesday.

High pressure is building into the region from the SW early this
morning. A surface low and cold front are noted across MI. Mainly
clear skies and light winds are allowing for areas of ground fog
across the area. A more widespread area of fog may develop across
the Piedmont/I-95 corridor prior to sunrise.

Ridging will continue to spread NE from the Gulf Coast today,
resulting in mostly clear skies and well above normal temperatures
this afternoon. High temps climb into the low and mid 80s inland and
upper 70s to low 80s near the coast. Lows tonight will be in the low
to mid 60s. Heights build aloft on Wednesday with record breaking
high temps looking increasingly likely. Blended guidance shows high
temps in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. However, all the
statistical guidance is a degree or two warmer with widespread low
90s for inland locations. Went a bit above the blended guidance but
not as high as the MOS would suggest for now. Regardless, this
results in highs above the record temps for the day Wednesday. See
the climate section below for specific values. Records could be
broken by several degrees at the main climate sites. A cold front
will approach the region from the N Wednesday night and is forecast
to cross most of the local area on Thursday. 00z guidance shows the
front making it much through most if not all of the area before
stalling. This will allow for a break in the heat for the majority
of the CWA on Thursday with highs ranging from near 70 degrees
across the northern counties, mid to upper 70s along and south of I-
64, and low to even mid 80s near and south of the VA/NC border.
Clouds will thicken from N to S Thursday as the front drops south.
In addition, some weak isentropic lift north of the front could
result in generally light rain across the northern third of the area
Thursday. QPF is on the order of a few hundredths of an inch. A deep
upper trough is forecast to dig across the Great Lakes Thursday
night into Friday with a strengthening surface low over the Ohio
Valley. Southerly flow ahead of this feature will allow the front to
lift back northward as a warm front Friday morning. High temps
rebound into the upper 70s to low 80s N with mid and upper 80s S. It
will become breezy out of the SW by Friday afternoon. Some showers
and thunder are also possible, primarily across NE portions of the
area Friday afternoon.


KEY MESSAGE 2...Much cooler temperatures arrive this weekend. Frost
is possible across portions of the area.

Rapidly deepening low pressure will translate NE into New England on
Friday with a strong cold front extending back to the southwest.
This front will cross the local area Friday evening into early
Saturday with significant cold advection moving into the region.
Some additional precip is possible along and ahead of the frontal
passage, mainly over the eastern half of the area before midnight.
QPF does not look nearly as impressive as a front of this strength
would suggest. Strong (1035mb+) high pressure builds into the region
behind the front with upper troughing remaining over the eastern
CONUS, resulting in well below normal temperatures this weekend.
Afternoon highs likely struggle to get out of the 50s across the
northern half of the CWA despite mostly sunny skies. Low 60s are
forecast for the southern half of the area. It will also be quite
breezy on Saturday with gusts 25-30mph, and especially near the
coast where winds could gust 30-35mph. Overnight low temps tumble
into the mid to upper 30s in the Piedmont with low to mid 40s for
the remainder of the area Saturday night. Upper 30s and low 40s are
forecast Sunday night into Monday. Some frost is possible in the
Piedmont with this airmass.

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.AVIATION /07Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 130 AM EDT Tuesday...

Light winds and small dew point depressions are leading to areas
of ground fog across the region early this morning. Guidance
suggests more widespread fog will form later this morning across
the Piedmont and sneak into RIC prior to sunrise. Will go with
prevailing MVFR and TEMPO IFR at RIC. SBY dropped briefly to IFR
over the last hour so will include a short TEMPO there as well
for reduced VSBY. PHF is doing PHF things so will prevail MVFR
with a long IFR TEMPO. ECG may see brief restrictions but not
confident enough for more than a TEMPO mention at this time.
After morning fog mixes out, will see VFR area-wide with SW
winds 5-10 kt.

Outlook: Outside of early morning localized patchy fog/stratus,
VFR conditions look to prevail through at least Wednesday. A
cold front drops south later Wednesday night into Thursday,
bringing increased cloud cover and low-end rain chances to
portions of the area. A stronger front crosses the area Friday.

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.MARINE...
As of 245 AM EDT Tuesday...

Key Messages:

- Benign marine conditions prevail through Thursday night.

- A strong cold front crosses the waters late Friday into this weekend.
  Strong SCA to Gale conditions are likely Friday night through
  early Sunday.

Benign marine conditions prevail through Thursday night as high
pressure builds into the region from the SW. Latest obs show light
offshore winds and seas of 2-3ft. W-NW winds turn to the south today
as weak low pressure well to the north pushes tries to build in,
suppressing the high to the SE. Winds increase overnight to 10-15kt
over most of the waters and up to 20kt off the MD Eastern Shore.
Winds diminish back to 5-10kt during the day Wed as that low slides
further NE and the pressure gradient slackens a bit. A backdoor cold
front is then forecast to drop across the local waters during the
morning on Thursday, turning winds to the NE behind it. NE winds
will be ~15kt in the bay and over the rivers/sound and ~20kt over
the coastal waters. Cannot rule out a brief SCA Thurs morning for
the northern coastal waters, but the current forecast is for only a
couple of hours with gusts to 25kt. Seas will build to 3-4ft while
NE winds are elevated.

Confidence in marine hazards continues to grow for Friday and the
weekend. A strong cold front is forecast to pass over the waters
Friday evening/night. A tightening pressure gradient ahead of it
will lead to elevated SW winds. Strong CAA behind the front over the
still-warm waters will result in strong NW winds behind the front.
SCAs are likely and Gales are certainly possible. Local wind probs
for 34kt+ gusts show 20-40% in the bay and 60-80% over the coastal
waters. High pressure is quick to slide in behind the front, though,
so winds should drop off by Sunday morning.

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.CLIMATE...
Record High Temperatures:

        10/13  10/14
RIC    90/1954   87/1975
ORF    89/1954   86/1975
SBY    86/1954   86/1975
ECG    87/1990   86/1975

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

&&

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DISCUSSION...RHR
AVIATION...RHR
MARINE...AC
CLIMATE...RMM