FNUS71 KAKQ 240645 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for Mineral Sands Leg !(NF-26-10)...NOAA Ship Nancy Foster National Weather Service Wakefield VA 245 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on August 24. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... Benign conditions are expected today with primarily a SW wind of 5 to 10 knots through this evening. A weak cold front moves through late tonight with the wind becoming N 5 to 10 knots by early Tuesday morning, which then becomes NE during the afternoon. Seas will be around 3 ft early this morning, before subsiding to 2 to 3 feet later this morning through this afternoon, then around 2 feet tonight into Tuesday. Dominant wave periods will initially be a mix 4 to 6 second and 10 to 12 second swell this morning, and then 10 to 12 seconds is expected to be the primarily swell later tonight through Tuesday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Max apparent temp...84. Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 8 to 9 knots shifting to the around 9 knots late in the afternoon. Wave height.........2 feet. Wave period.........12 SECONDS. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........29 48 42 38 26 17 13 10 13 13 19 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............77 77 78 79 79 80 80 80 81 81 80 Aparnt tmp (F)..78 78 79 80 80 83 83 83 84 84 83 SFC wnd dir.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SFC wnd spd kts.8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 SFC wnd gst.....10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave period (s).12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 74. Max apparent temp...83. Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 6 to 8 knots shifting to the north 7 to 8 knots after 3 am. Wave height.........2 feet. Wave period.........11 SECONDS. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........23 28 26 35 34 38 29 24 26 13 20 26 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 Temp............80 79 78 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 Aparnt tmp (F)..83 81 80 79 78 78 78 77 76 76 76 76 SFC wnd dir.....SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W NW N N SFC wnd spd kts.8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 SFC wnd gst.....10 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 Wave period (s).11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 79. Max apparent temp...79. Surface winds (kts).North winds 6 to 10 knots shifting to the northeast late in the afternoon. Wave height.........2 feet. Wave period.........11 SECONDS. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........21 22 32 28 16 16 12 12 20 15 12 11 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............74 75 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 78 77 Aparnt tmp (F)..75 76 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 77 79 78 SFC wnd dir.....N N N N N N N N N N N NE SFC wnd spd kts.8 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 SFC wnd gst.....10 10 11 11 13 13 11 10 9 8 6 5 Wave period (s).11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...ZIMMERMAN Requested by...Operations officer Type of request...MARINE .TAG 2620171.2/AKQ .DELDT 08/24/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL xo.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,co.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,fred.austin@noaa.gov,nav.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,ops.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,keith.martin@noaa.gov,greg.walker@noaa.gov,dale.gump@noaa.gov