Delaware River and Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2024-05-17 04:23 EDT ----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)--------------------------- Lewes 5.4 ft, Rising Brandywine Shoal Li.. 6.1 ft, Reedy Point *** ft, Delaware City 4.9 ft, Rising Newbold 2.5 ft, Falling Bridesburg 1.8 ft, Falling Philadelphia 1.9 ft, Falling Marcus Hook 3.5 ft, Rising Burlington 2.2 ft, Falling Ship John Shoal 6.6 ft, Rising Cape May 6.1 ft, Rising --------------------------------------Winds------------------------------------- Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts Lewes 6 kn NE 7 Brandywine Shoal Li.. 14 kn NE 17 Delaware City 2 kn NNW 3 Newbold 4 kn NNE 8 Burlington 6 kn ENE 10 Ship John Shoal 9 kn NE 10 Cape May 5 kn NNE 10 ----------------------------Air and Water Temperature--------------------------- Air Water Air Water Off Bethany Beach, .. 57 °F 58 °F Lewes 60 °F 62 °F Brandywine Shoal Li.. 61 °F Reedy Point *** °F *** °F Delaware City 64 °F Newbold 61 °F 62 °F Bridesburg 62 °F 63 °F Philadelphia 63 °F 64 °F Marcus Hook 64 °F 64 °F Burlington 61 °F 61 °F Ship John Shoal 62 °F *** °F Cape May 60 °F 61 °F -------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------ Lewes 1013 mb Rising Brandywine Shoal Li.. 1012 mb Rising Reedy Point *** mb Delaware City 1013 mb Rising Newbold 1013 mb Rising Bridesburg 1013 mb Rising Philadelphia 1012 mb Rising Marcus Hook 1012 mb Rising Burlington 1012 mb Rising Ship John Shoal 1013 mb Rising Cape May 1012 mb Rising ----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity--------------------------- Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G. Lewes 24.7 psu 1.019 -----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)----------------- Reedy Point Bridge 136.4 ft, Decr. Delaware Mem. Bridge 187.6 ft, Decr. Ben Franklin Bridge.. 136.4 ft, Incr. ------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------ Spd Dir Spd Dir LB10, Delaware Bay .. 0.7 kn (F), 346.0°T Philadelphia Curren.. 1.0 kn (E), 186.0°T Reedy Point (predic.. 1.1 kn (F), 358.0°T --------------------------------------Waves------------------------------------- SigHt PkDir PkPer SigHt PkDir PkPer Off Bethany Beach, .. 4.4 ft 054°T 7 s *** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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