Aransas wildlife refuge
NDBC buoy awrt2
Observed , 52 minutes ago
Challenging
Small Craft Advisory in effect. Moderate NW winds at 11 kn gusting to 17 kn. Pressure rising rapidly, a weather change is likely. Water 70°F, air 62°F. Next low tide at 4:30 PM (0 ft). Rest of Tonight: Northeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
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Small Craft Advisory issued November 9 at 12:22AM CST until November 9 at 3:00PM CST by NWS Corpus Christi TX
* WHAT...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. * WHERE...Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays, San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays, 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 and Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM. * WHEN...Until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
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Speed
11kn
Gust
17kn
Direction
320° NW
Trend
Easing
Last 11 hours11 to 21 kn
Air temp
62°F
62 to 69°F today
Water temp
70°F
70 to 73°F today
Pressure
1023mbar
Tendency
Rising
3 hour change
+3.3 mbar
Last 11 hours1018 to 1023 mbar
Tides
Next low
4:30 PM
0.4 ft
Then high
5:54 AM
0.6 ft
Predicted, Aransas Wildlife Refuge0.4 to 0.6 ft
Zone forecast
Rest of Tonight
Northeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, then showers late.
Monday
Northeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers.
Monday Night
Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight.
Synopsis
Fresh to strong (BF 5-6) easterly winds will trend lighter by Tuesday morning with seas decreasing from 5-6 ft to near 2 ft. Winds become variable on Wednesday ahead of the next cold front that will move through on Thursday. Behind the frontal passage, a fresh to strong northerly breeze develops that wanes by Thursday night. Low to medium rain chances expected Tuesday and Wednesday.
NWS zone San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays
Last 24 hours
Every 3 hours, over the last 12 hours. Air 62 to 69°F, pressure 1,018 to 1,023 mbar over the same window.
4 stations within 30 NM
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How often does buoy awrt2 report?
Wind, temperature and pressure update about every 10 minutes.
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What this buoy measures
This buoy is not reporting waves. Conditions above come from the sensors it does carry, and the forecast, tides and sun times on this page are regional rather than measured at the buoy.
Station awrt2
28°13'37" N 96°47'46" W · owned and maintained by TCOON
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