Delaware River and Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS 2025-05-01 03:47 EDT ----------------------------Water Levels (above MLLW)--------------------------- Lewes 1.6 ft, Falling Brandywine Shoal Li.. 2.5 ft, Falling Reedy Point 5.9 ft, Falling Delaware City 6.2 ft, Falling Newbold 6.4 ft, Rising Bridesburg 6.3 ft, Rising Philadelphia 6.5 ft, Rising Marcus Hook 6.8 ft, Rising Burlington 6.2 ft, Rising Ship John Shoal 4.6 ft, Falling Cape May 1.7 ft, Falling --------------------------------------Winds------------------------------------- Spd Dir Gusts Spd Dir Gusts Lewes 8 kn E 11 Brandywine Shoal Li.. 9 kn ESE 9 Delaware City 1 kn ENE 2 Newbold calm Burlington calm Ship John Shoal *** kn *** *** Cape May 5 kn E 5 ----------------------------Air and Water Temperature--------------------------- Air Water Air Water Off Bethany Beach, .. *** °F 56 °F Lewes 60 °F 59 °F Brandywine Shoal Li.. 60 °F Reedy Point 58 °F 64 °F Delaware City 58 °F Newbold 53 °F 65 °F Bridesburg 58 °F 63 °F Philadelphia 61 °F 62 °F Marcus Hook 58 °F 60 °F Burlington 54 °F 65 °F Ship John Shoal *** °F *** °F Cape May 60 °F 58 °F -------------------------------Barometric Pressure------------------------------ Lewes 1019 mb Rising Brandywine Shoal Li.. 1020 mb Rising Reedy Point 1019 mb Rising Delaware City 1020 mb Rising Newbold 1021 mb Rising Bridesburg 1020 mb Rising Philadelphia 1020 mb Rising Marcus Hook 1020 mb Rising Burlington 1020 mb Rising Ship John Shoal *** mb Cape May 1019 mb Rising ----------------------------Salinity/Specific Gravity--------------------------- Salin. S.G. Salin. S.G. Lewes 29.4 psu 1.023 -----------------Air Gap/Bridge Clearance (above water surface)----------------- Reedy Point Bridge 135.6 ft, Incr. Delaware Mem. Bridge 185.3 ft, Stdy. Ben Franklin Bridge.. 133.8 ft, Decr. ------------------Currents (F)lood, (S)lack, (E)bb, towards °T------------------ Spd Dir Spd Dir LB10, Delaware Bay .. *** kn ( ), ***°T Philadelphia Curren.. *** kn ( ), ***°T Reedy Point (predic.. 0.3 kn (F), 353.0°T --------------------------------------Waves------------------------------------- SigHt PkDir PkPer SigHt PkDir PkPer Off Bethany Beach, .. 1.5 ft 117°T 8 s *** Data not displayed as a result of quality control monitoring. For information on
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