Copano bay
NOAA CO-OPS station 8774513
Observed , 14 minutes ago
Challenging
Small Craft Advisory in effect. Moderate NE winds at 16 kn gusting to 21 kn. Water 75°F, air 70°F. Rest of Tonight: East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.
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Small Craft Advisory issued November 8 at 12:29AM CST until November 9 at 12:00AM CST by NWS Corpus Christi TX
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots and rough waters expected. * WHERE...Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays and San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays. * WHEN...From 6 AM this morning to midnight CST tonight. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
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Speed
16kn
Gust
21kn
Direction
38° NE
Trend
Rising
Last 12 hours7.2 to 17 kn
Water Level
2.8ft
Datum
MLLW
Last 12 hours1.2 to 3.4 ft
Air temp
70°F
70 to 77°F today
Water temp
75°F
75 to 76°F today
Pressure
1018mbar
Tendency
Rising
3 hour change
+1.7 mbar
Last 12 hours1015 to 1018 mbar
Zone forecast
Rest of Tonight
East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
Sunday
East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots, becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy to occasionally rough. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Synopsis
Easterly winds at 20-25 kts can be expected today with seas increasing to 6-8 ft leading to Small Craft Advisory conditions. Additionally, strong showers and thunderstorms will increase across the western Gulf waters through the day and continue through at least Monday night, when precipitation and rougher conditions start subsiding. From Tuesday, winds drop down to light and gentle breezes (BF 2-3) with seas decreasing to near 2 ft. Rain chances return Tuesday with 20-40% chances, increasing 40-60% on Wednesday before another frontal system brings fresh northerlies.
NWS zone Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays
Last 24 hours
Every 3 hours, over the last 12 hours. Air 70 to 77°F, water 75 to 76°F, pressure 1,015 to 1,018 mbar over the same window.
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Station 8774513
28°07'05" N 97°01'19" W
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