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NOAA CO-OPS station 8775792
Observed , 14 minutes ago
Challenging
Small Craft Advisory in effect. Fresh ENE winds at 19 kn gusting to 22 kn, easing. Water 76°F, air 74°F. Rest of Tonight: East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots late.
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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
19kn
Gust
22kn
Direction
59° ENE
Trend
Rising
Last 12 hours7.6 to 23 kn
Water Level
1.4ft
Datum
MLLW
Last 12 hours1.3 to 1.7 ft
Air temp
74°F
73 to 78°F today
Water temp
76°F
76 to 77°F today
Pressure
1018mbar
Tendency
Rising
3 hour change
+1.6 mbar
Last 12 hours1015 to 1019 mbar
Zone forecast
Rest of Tonight
East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots late. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers late.
Sunday
East winds around 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy to occasionally rough. Showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy to occasionally rough. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms 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 Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays
Last 24 hours
Every 3 hours, over the last 12 hours. Air 73 to 78°F, water 76 to 77°F, pressure 1,015 to 1,019 mbar over the same window.
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Station 8775792
27°37'59" N 97°14'13" W
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