Port aransas
NDBC buoy rtat2
Observed , 56 minutes ago
Challenging
Small Craft Advisory in effect. Fresh NE winds at 18 kn gusting to 25 kn. Water 76°F, air 76°F. Next high tide at 4:35 PM (1 ft). 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
18kn
Gust
25kn
Direction
50° NE
Trend
Rising
Last 11 hours9.9 to 21 kn
Air temp
76°F
74 to 78°F today
Water temp
76°F
76 to 76°F today
Pressure
1018mbar
Tendency
Rising
3 hour change
+1.7 mbar
Last 11 hours1015 to 1018 mbar
Tides
Next high
4:35 PM
1.5 ft
Then high
4:36 PM
1.5 ft
Predicted, Port Aransas0.3 to 1.5 ft
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 74 to 78°F, pressure 1,015 to 1,018 mbar over the same window.
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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 rtat2
27°50'24" N 97°04'19" W · owned and maintained by TCOON
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