Bays and Waterways from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas Marine Forecast
| Rest Of Today...Southeast Wind Around 15 Knots Becoming South 15 To 20 Knots In The Afternoon. Bays Choppy. Periods Of Showers And Isolated Thunderstorms. Patchy Fog In The Afternoon. |
| Tonight...South Wind 10 To 15 Knots. Bays Slightly Choppy To Occasionally Choppy. Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms In The Evening. Patchy Fog After Midnight. |
| Thursday...West Wind 10 To 15 Knots Shifting North In The Afternoon. Bays Slightly Choppy To Occasionally Choppy. Areas Of Fog In The Morning. |
| Thursday Night...North Wind 10 To 15 Knots. Bays Slightly Choppy To Occasionally Choppy. |
| Friday...Northeast Wind 10 To 15 Knots Decreasing To 5 To 10 Knots In The Afternoon. Bays Slightly Choppy To Occasionally Choppy. |
| Friday Night...East Wind 5 To 10 Knots. Bays Smooth. |
| Saturday...East Wind 10 To 15 Knots. Bays Slightly Choppy To Occasionally Choppy. A Chance Of Showers. |
| Saturday Night...East Wind 10 To 15 Knots. Bays Slightly Choppy To Occasionally Choppy. A Chance Of Showers. |
| Sunday...Northeast Wind Around 10 Knots. Bays Slightly Choppy. A Chance Of Showers. |
| Sunday Night...Northeast Wind 5 To 10 Knots Shifting East After Midnight. Bays Smooth. |
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Synopsis for Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel - GMZ200 942 AM CST Wed Jan 22 2020 Moderate to strong onshore flow will continue today in response to a series of upper level disturbances. Small Craft Advisory is in effect through this evening for the offshore waters, with caution levels impacting the Bays and Waterways. Showers will affect the waters today with isolated thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening. A cold front will move through the coastal waters Thursday morning ahead of drying conditions and a moderate offshore flow. Winds will gradually shift to the east and southeast Friday with SCEC conditions likely again. Rain chances return for the weekend. |
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Area Forecast Discussion ...UPDATED National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1144am CST Wednesday Jan 22 2020 Widespread showers continue to move across the northern Coastal Bend into the Victoria Crossroads region in strong warm air advection zone ahead of the short wave trough moving into the Texas Big Bend. Bumped up Probability of Precipitation to 100 percent for this area for rest of today. Conditions will be improving from west to east by the afternoon as the short wave trough moves through the area and the warm air advection shifts to the east. Kept the mention of slight chance for thunderstorms this afternoon for the coastal plains as models depict MUCAPE values close to 500 j/kg. Adjusted Probability of Precipitation to show a quicker decrease during the overnight hours with no mention of rain in the forecast for coastal areas for Thursday morning. Also put in mention of fog for inland coastal plains into the eastern Brush Country for tonight. With decreasing clouds, light winds, and high boundary layer moisture, fog looks likely for late tonight into Thursday morning. Tide levels are running about 1.5 feet above expected along the coast this morning. This should lead to minor coastal flooding at the time of the next high tide late this afternoon. Made no changes to the current Coastal Flood Advisory. MARINE...Strong onshore flow will persist over the Gulf waters for the rest of today with a gradual decrease this evening. Seas will remain elevated through the evening hours. Kept SCA (Small Craft Advisory) going as currently configured. Showers will continue to spread into the waters today with isolated to possibly scattered thunderstorms forming late this afternoon and evening. NOAA Corpus Christi TX Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories TX...Coastal Flood Advisory until 9pm CST this evening For the following zones: Aransas Islands...Calhoun Islands... Kleberg Islands...Nueces Islands. GM...Small Craft Advisory until 1am CST Thursday For the following zones: Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM...Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM...Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM...Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM. |
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