Clifton Beach, Smith Point, Potomac River Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:56 AM and sunset is at 05:49 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 2°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMild with light rain (total 9mm) on Thu night. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 1°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Wed afternoon, min -6°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 1°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | Tuesday 3 | Wed 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:27PM0.31m | 6:45AM0.31m | 7:06PM0.31m | 7:20AM0.32m | 7:47PM0.32m | 7:59AM0.33m | 8:29PM0.31m | 8:41AM0.34m | 9:15PM0.31m | 9:28AM0.34m | 10:05PM0.30m | 10:18AM0.34m | 11:02PM0.28m | 11:15AM0.33m | 00:07AM0.27m | 12:20PM0.32m | 1:18AM0.27m | 1:31PM0.31m | 2:27AM0.27m | 2:43PM0.31m | 3:31AM0.29m | 3:49PM0.31m | 4:28AM0.30m | 4:47PM0.32m | 5:20AM0.32m | 5:40PM0.33m | 6:07AM0.34m | 6:29PM0.33m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:00PM-0.07m | 00:22AM-0.06m | 12:44PM-0.08m | 1:00AM-0.06m | 1:28PM-0.08m | 1:38AM-0.07m | 2:13PM-0.07m | 2:16AM-0.07m | 2:59PM-0.06m | 2:58AM-0.06m | 3:50PM-0.04m | 3:43AM-0.05m | 4:47PM-0.02m | 4:34AM-0.03m | 5:51PM-0.00m | 5:37AM-0.01m | 7:01PM0.01m | 8:09PM-0.00m | 8:10AM0.00m | 9:12PM-0.02m | 9:19AM-0.02m | 10:08PM-0.04m | 10:20AM-0.05m | 10:58PM-0.05m | 11:14AM-0.07m | 11:45PM-0.05m | 12:04PM-0.08m | |||||||||||||||||||
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some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear | some clouds | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | light rain | light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
max°C | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 6 |
Moonrise | 7:06 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:46 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:52 | — | — | 10:37 | — | — | 11:32 | — | — | 12:37 | — | — | 1:49 | — | — | — | 3:03 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
Moonset | — | 6:12 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | — | 9:37 | — | — | 10:49 | — | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 1:17 | — | — | 2:29 | — | — | 3:33 | — | — | 4:27 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:40 | — | — | 7:03 |
 | 6:56 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 |
 | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Clifton Beach, Smith Point, Potomac River is 1.3° C (Statistics for 17 Feb 1981-2005 – mean: 5.3 max: 7.6 min: 3.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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