Lester Manor, Pamunkey River tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 1.1 ktToward SW (235°)

Next slack

3:51 PMEDT

Next max flood

1.9 kt12:34 PM

Next max ebb

1.2 kt7:01 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward SW (235°); below it the ebb, running out toward NE (55°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: flood 1.4 kt 12:10 AM, slack 2:58 AM, ebb 1.3 kt 6:20 AM, slack 9:33 AM, flood 1.9 kt 12:34 PM, slack 3:51 PM, ebb 1.2 kt 7:01 PM, slack 10:25 PM.

• Coastal Flood Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 27 at 6:51AM EDT until September 27 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VAUntil 3:00 PM
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  * WHAT...Up to one foot of inundation above ground level in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...New Kent, Gloucester, Eastern King William, Eastern King and Queen and York Counties. * WHEN...Until 3 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Shallow flooding is expected in the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline resulting in a low threat of property damage. Expect up to one foot of water above ground level in low lying, vulnerable areas. Some roads and low lying property including parking lots, parks and lawns near the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.

  If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.

The flood is the tidal current running in from the sea, the ebb the current running back out. Slack water is the short turn between them, when the current is weakest: the time to cross a strong channel, anchor, or dive. Slack in a channel is not the time of high or low tide; it can come hours after.

Speeds are knots along the channel's main axis, and directions are degrees true toward which the water flows, as NOAA prints its tables. A current against the wind stands the waves up steep and close together.

Predictions are astronomical: the moon and the sun, not the weather. Strong wind, river flow after heavy rain and storm surge all change the real current. This is a subordinate station: NOAA predicts it from a nearby harmonic station by fixed corrections to the times and speeds of its slack waters and maxima, so the curve between them is less exact.

• Powells Bluff, 2.2 nmi NW ofSubordinate current station1.3 mi
• Wakema, Mattaponi RiverSubordinate current station7.0 mi
• Northbury, Pamunkey RiverSubordinate current station7.8 mi
• Walkerton, Mattaponi RiverSubordinate current station10.0 mi
• Eltham Bridge, 100 yds. north ofSubordinate current station11 mi
• Lord Delaware Bridge, 100 yds. S ofSubordinate current station11 mi
• West Point, 0.8 mile belowSubordinate current station12 mi
• Goff Point, 0.8 mile SSW ofSubordinate current station13 mi

• Tide times at Lester Manor 0.1 mi
• Tide times at Wakema (Fraziers Ferry), Mattaponi River 6.8 mi
• Tide times at Northbury 7.8 mi
• Forecast for New Kent, VA
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station ACT5506, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.