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Texas Coastal Marine Forecast Expires:202404250930;;311107 FZUS54 KLCH 242032 CWFLCH Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 332 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Coastal waters from the Lower Atchafalaya River LA to High Island TX out 60 nautical miles including Sabine and Calcasieu Lakes and Vermilion and Cote Blanche Bays Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest one third of the waves, along with the occasional height of the average highest ten percent of the waves. GMZ400-250930- 332 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Onshore flow will slowly increase into this evening with winds building to 10 knots during the overnight hours. During this time waves will be less than four feet. Starting on Thursday winds will start to increase becoming moderate to strong. Winds will continue to increase on Friday with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves will also build in the outer waters possibly reaching 7 feet or more by Friday morning. Lakes and bays will be rough to very rough conditions. A Small Craft Advisory is likely starting on Thursday and lasting through Friday as the pressure gradient further tightens across the area building seas further into the weekend under a strong southerly regime. $$ Expires:202404250830;;308727 FZUS54 KHGX 241955 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ370-375-250830- Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM- 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, building to 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet with occasional seas up to 10 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet with occasional seas up to 13 feet, building to 9 to 10 feet with occasional seas up to 13 feet in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Gusts to 35 knots in the evening. Seas 8 to 10 feet with occasional seas up to 13 feet. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet with occasional seas up to 11 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet with occasional seas up to 10 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet with occasional seas up to 8 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ Expires:202404250830;;308726 FZUS54 KHGX 241955 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ350-355-250830- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .FRIDAY...South winds 20 to 25 knots, becoming southeast around 20 knots late. Seas 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet with occasional seas up to 11 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 30 knots, diminishing to around 20 knots after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 feet with occasional seas up to 13 feet, subsiding to 7 to 8 feet with occasional seas up to 10 feet after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet with occasional seas up to 10 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet with occasional seas up to 8 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ Expires:202404250830;;308725 FZUS54 KHGX 241955 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ330-250830- Matagorda Bay- 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Bay waters rough. .FRIDAY...South winds 20 to 25 knots. Bay waters rough. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Bay waters rough. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots, increasing to around 30 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters rough, becoming very rough in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 30 knots, diminishing to around 20 knots after midnight. Bay waters very rough, becoming choppy after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ Expires:202404250830;;308723 FZUS54 KHGX 241955 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ300-250830- Synopsis for High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays 255 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Moderate onshore flow and fairly low seas will continue through Thursday morning. Winds and seas will be on an upward climb late Thursday and into the weekend as a long fetch of moderate to strong southeast winds set up across the Gulf. Small Craft Advisories are likely Friday into Saturday night. $$ Expires:202404250800;;306202 FZUS54 KCRP 241906 CWFCRP Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 206 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ270-275-250800- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM- 206 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet, occasionally seas around 5 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet, occasionally seas up to 6 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 5 to 7 feet, occasionally seas up to 9 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet, occasionally seas up to 11 feet after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 7 to 9 feet, occasionally seas up to 11 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Waves 7 to 8 feet, occasionally seas up to 10 feet, building to 7 to 10 feet, occasionally seas up to 13 feet after midnight. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Waves 8 to 10 feet, occasionally seas up to 13 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 8 to 9 feet, occasionally seas up to 11 feet. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 7 to 9 feet, occasionally seas up to 11 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 6 to 8 feet, occasionally seas up to 10 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 5 to 7 feet, occasionally seas up to 9 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 5 to 6 feet, occasionally seas up to 8 feet. $$ Expires:202404250800;;306201 FZUS54 KCRP 241906 CWFCRP Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 206 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ250-250800- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM- 206 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 4 feet, occasionally seas around 5 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally seas up to 8 feet in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 5 to 7 feet, occasionally seas up to 9 feet. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 6 to 8 feet, occasionally seas up to 10 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 6 to 9 feet, occasionally seas up to 11 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 6 to 9 feet, occasionally seas up to 11 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 6 to 8 feet, occasionally seas up to 10 feet. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 6 to 8 feet, occasionally seas up to 10 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 5 to 7 feet, occasionally seas up to 9 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 4 to 6 feet, occasionally seas up to 8 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 4 to 5 feet, occasionally seas up to 6 feet. $$ Expires:202204060415;;857702 FZUS54 KCRP 051559 AAA CWFCRP Coastal Waters Forecast...UPDATED National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1059 AM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022 Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ230-060415- Bays and Waterways from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas- 1059 AM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022 .REST OF TODAY...Southeast wind 5 to 10 knots. Bays smooth. .TONIGHT...Southeast wind around 10 knots shifting south after midnight. Bays slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. Areas of fog after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots becoming north 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bays choppy to occasionally rough. Patchy fog in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North wind 20 to 25 knots. Bays choppy to rough. .THURSDAY...Northeast wind 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy to occasionally rough. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast wind 10 to 15 knots. Bays slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. .FRIDAY...North wind 10 to 15 knots shifting southeast in the afternoon. Bays slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind 15 to 20 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bays choppy. .SATURDAY...South wind 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bays choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind around 20 knots. Bays choppy to occasionally rough. $$ Expires:202404250800;;306197 FZUS54 KCRP 241906 CWFCRP Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 206 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ200-250800- 206 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS... Weak to moderate onshore flow expected this afternoon and tonight. Generally moderate onshore flow will develop Thursday afternoon, as an upper level disturbance approaches the southwestern United States. Onshore flow is forecast to strengthen to moderate to strong levels Thursday night, with periods of Small Craft Advisory or Small Craft Excersise Caution conditions persisting through Monday. Winds become weak to moderate during the day Monday and will persist through the remainder of the period. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible daily Friday, and Sunday through Tuesday as a couple weak disturbances moves over the area. $$ Expires:202404250930;;312303 FZUS54 KBRO 242103 CWFBRO Coastal Waters Forecast for the Lower Texas Coast National Weather Service Brownsville TX 403 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande out 60 NM. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves, along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ100-250930- 403 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A strengthening surface pressure gradient over the region will result in strengthening southeasterly winds Thursday through Saturday night. These stronger winds will result in adverse marine conditions with building seas and heightened rip current risk beginning Thursday and persisting into the weekend. $$ Expires:202404250930;;312305 FZUS54 KBRO 242103 CWFBRO Coastal Waters Forecast for the Lower Texas Coast National Weather Service Brownsville TX 403 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande out 60 NM. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves, along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ150-155-250930- Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm- Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm- 403 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots in the evening. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 25 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 feet, with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots in the morning. Seas 6 to 8 feet, with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$