High Island to Freeport, TX 20 - 60 NM Marine Forecast
| Today...North Winds 20 To 25 Knots With Gusts Up To 30 Knots, Becoming Northeast Around 10 Knots. Seas 5 To 7 Feet, Occasionally To 9 Feet, Subsiding To 3 To 5 Feet This Afternoon. Wave Detail: North 6 Feet At 6 Seconds, Becoming North 4 Feet At 6 Seconds. |
| Tonight...South Winds Around 10 Knots, Becoming Southwest 10 To 15 Knots After Midnight. Seas 2 To 3 Feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 Feet At 6 Seconds And West 1 Foot At 2 Seconds. |
| Friday...Southwest Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 Feet At 4 Seconds And Northeast 2 Feet At 5 Seconds. |
| Friday Night...Southwest Winds Around 10 Knots, Becoming North 20 To 25 Knots After Midnight. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 Feet At 4 Seconds And Southwest 2 Feet At 5 Seconds. |
| Saturday...Northeast Winds 20 To 25 Knots With Gusts Up To 30 Knots. Seas 4 To 5 Feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 5 Feet At 5 Seconds And South 1 Foot At 5 Seconds. |
| Saturday Night...North Winds 20 To 25 Knots With Gusts Up To 30 Knots. Seas 3 To 5 Feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 5 Feet At 6 Seconds. |
| Sunday...North Winds 15 To 20 Knots, Diminishing To Around 15 Knots In The Afternoon. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. |
| Sunday Night...Southeast Winds 5 To 10 Knots, Becoming South After Midnight. Seas Around 2 Feet. |
| Monday...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas 2 To 3 Feet. |
| Monday Night...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 538am CST Thu Jan 15 2026 Issued at 1143pm CST Wednesday Jan 14 2026 One front through, but more to go! This evening is a bit blustery around the area, with winds of 10-15 mph along with gusts into the teens and lower 20s...as high as 30 mph down on the island. These winds should gradually taper down overnight, but things still look a bit gusty by morning particularly closer to the coast, with winds of 5-10 mph but paired with lingering gusts into the teens. The next few hours also look quite chilly, with a light freeze north of Huntsville. We'll see winds continue to weaken through the day as weak high pressure slides across the region from Central Texas towards the North Central Gulf Coast. This sets us up for a fully sunny day, but still fairly chilly and quite dry on Thursday. Like yesterday, fuels conditions are still near normal moisture, even still above normal in localized spots. But, with underlying drought conditions, drier fuels will be able to emerge more rapidly than typical, especially in grassy areas - despite the weakening winds, the very low RH forecast would probably mean that it's another day to avoid work with things that can throw sparks and open flame, unless you're doing a professional prescribed burn that is looking for these specific conditions to achieve the desired benefit. By Thursday evening, the high will have moved off well to our east, returning onshore flow for much of the day Friday. This will help return a modest amount of humidity to the area, though dry spots out west could still see RH briefly dip below 30 percent, so we're not getting real humid here. But, with the wind shift shutting off the cold advection machine, another mostly sunny day should help temps rise back up into the 60s to lower 70s. Warm weather lovers, don't get too attached! This bit of slightly above average temps will be cut off when our next front comes through late Friday afternoon. This puts us on track for a day Saturday that looks very much like Thursday will. Mostly sunny but chilly with some gusty north winds. Onshore flow looks to be slower to come back, more by Sunday evening, so the weekend as a whole looks like it will be a seasonably cool one - chillier than the average, but not by a significant amount, so pretty recognizable as "winter in Southeast Texas". Monday puts us on the upswing of this pendulum, with temperatures and humidity a bit higher, but ultimately will be cut short again by a front Monday night. Now...here's where we start to see things get a little more mixed up, but one thing that will stay is a progressive pattern of disturbances, so don't expect the weather to be too stable. Indeed, that will help hold down confidence in the specifics, but the guidance seems to be settling in on a broad scenario that we can sketch out for now and flesh out in the coming days. Without a ton of time for moisture return again, the frontal passage does not look to carry a lot of rain chances on it. But, it should be more significant than this week's fronts. I have slight chances in the area, centered more towards the coast, through Monday night and into Tuesday. But where things look more promising for rain is with the development of a coastal trough/warm front on the frontal zone left behind. As that drifts northward, we'll get more significant onshore flow and moisture return. The surface trough will also provide a focus for rainfall development, so Probability of Precipitation continue to go up through the day next Wednesday into Wednesday night, before gradually tailing off Thursday. Where the best potential for rain will be is going to depend very much on how far inland this coastal trough can lift, and getting too specific on that now is far too speculative. But, for now, we have Probability of Precipitation up to 30 percent even well inland. Marine Issued at 1143pm CST Wednesday Jan 14 2026 Strong northwesterly to northerly winds and rougher seas are occurring across the waters tonight in the wake of a cold front and a small craft advisory will persist through the night and into Thursday morning. Deeper into the day, conditions will gradually improve, with light and more variable winds by evening. Mariners should anticipate negative tide levels through the week, especially around low tide cycles in the upper portions of the bays. Onshore winds return Thursday evening, but only briefly before the next cold front arrives Friday night. Early next week will bring continued disturbed weather, along with our next decent chances for rain. NOAA Houston/Galveston TX Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories TX...None. GM...Small Craft Advisory until 6am CST early this morning for GMZ330-335. Low Water Advisory until noon CST today for GMZ335. Small Craft Advisory until noon CST today for GMZ350-355-370-375. |
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