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GMZ132 Expires:201908192100;;470315 Fzus54 Kbro 191500 Cwfbro Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Brownsville Tx 1000 Am Cdt Mon Aug 19 2019 Lower Texas Coastal Waters From Baffin Bay To The Mouth Of The Rio Grande Out To 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. Gmz130-132-135-192100- Laguna Madre From The Port Of Brownsville To The Arroyo Colorado- Laguna Madre From The Arroyo Colorado To 5 Nm North Of Port Mansfield Tx- Laguna Madre From 5 Nm North Of Port Mansfield To Baffin Bay Tx- 1000 Am Cdt Mon Aug 19 2019
.small craft should exercise caution...
Rest of today..Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. A moderate chop on the bay.
Tonight..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay.
Tuesday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon.
Tuesday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight.
Wednesday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon. Slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Wednesday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight. Slight chance of Thunderstorms in the evening. Slight chance of showers through the night.
Thursday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Thursday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Friday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Friday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
.small craft should exercise caution...
Rest of today..Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. A moderate chop on the bay.
Tonight..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay.
Tuesday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon.
Tuesday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight.
Wednesday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon. Slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Wednesday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight. Slight chance of Thunderstorms in the evening. Slight chance of showers through the night.
Thursday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Thursday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Friday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay building to a moderate chop in the afternoon. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
Friday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay subsiding to a light chop after midnight. Chance of showers and Thunderstorms.
GMZ100 Synopsis For Baffin Bay To Rio Grande Out 60 Nm- 1000 Am Cdt Mon Aug 19 2019
Synopsis..High pressure ridge gradually heads northwest over the next couple of days, weakening the pressure gradient, and allowing winds to generally decrease across the lower texas coastal waters through the week. Gusty winds are possible during the afternoon hours across the laguna madre and nearshore gulf waters through Tuesday. Seas slowly subside through Wednesday and build late Thursday into Friday due to increasing southeasterly swell. Deep tropical moisture flowing northward will increase coverage and perhaps intensity of showers and Thunderstorms especially in the gulf beginning on Wednesday.
Synopsis..High pressure ridge gradually heads northwest over the next couple of days, weakening the pressure gradient, and allowing winds to generally decrease across the lower texas coastal waters through the week. Gusty winds are possible during the afternoon hours across the laguna madre and nearshore gulf waters through Tuesday. Seas slowly subside through Wednesday and build late Thursday into Friday due to increasing southeasterly swell. Deep tropical moisture flowing northward will increase coverage and perhaps intensity of showers and Thunderstorms especially in the gulf beginning on Wednesday.
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Port Mansfield, TX
Hourly EDIT Helplocation: 26.54, -97.4 debug
Area Discussion for - Brownsville, TX
(on/off) Help NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition| Fxus64 kbro 191130 aaa afdbro area forecast discussion... Updated national weather service brownsville tx 630 am cdt Mon aug 19 2019 Discussion Updated for latest aviation discussion below. Aviation Vfr conditions expected to prevail through the taf period with high pressure in full control. As previously advertised, a few brief periods of MVFR CIGS are possible from the southeast as streamer clouds work inland from the gulf this morning and again late tonight. Southeast winds once again gust to 20-24 kts this afternoon, although, not as breezy as the weekend. Prev discussion issued 341 am cdt Mon aug 19 2019 short term (now through Tuesday): high pressure heads northwest through the short term period, allowing the pressure gradient to weaken, and letting southeasterly winds generally decrease, across deep south texas today and tomorrow. Wind gusts this afternoon should still reach 20-25 mph at times, especially across the mid to lower rio grande valley. An isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible along the seabreeze, mainly across willacy or kenedy counties, this afternoon, otherwise, dry conditions will persist through Monday night. With high pressure edging northwestward, the seabreeze on Tuesday, and likely into the long term, may be able to march further inland, possibly tapping into the heat to initiate shower or thunderstorm development. Have bumped silent pops on Tuesday afternoon a nudge, still staying below 15 percent, but expecting some sort of life out of the seabreeze advancing west. Expect an increase in clouds across the coastal counties, at the very least, today into Tuesday. Have decided to once again issue a heat advisory across the central- east counties, with the highest heat indices expected along and east of i69c to along and mostly west of i69e. This may be the last gasp of the recent heat wave in regards to heat headlines, as heat indices for Tuesday reside below any heat advisory criteria at this time, generally peaking at 105 to 109 degrees. Will hold off on issuing a rangeland fire discussion today, as conditions appear to be just below criteria. A fire weather discussion will continue below. Long term (Tuesday night through Sunday): the long term period will begin with an inverted trough nudging into deep south texas, pushing the 500 mb ridge further north into the southern plains and four corners region. The weakness in 500 mb heights along with low to mid level moisture advection will bring increased cloud cover and pops into our cwa. As such, high temperatures are expected to drop slightly (although still likely stay above normal) and bring a little respite from the oppressive heat. Best chance of showers and thunderstorms will be along the coastal areas and offshore where models keep the majority of the moisture. On Thursday, models show a 500 mb low form in the western gulf and begin tracking northward around the northwestern edge of the gulf through Saturday. While this feature is shown on both the ECMWF and gfs, discrepancies in its development bring down forecast confidence a bit through the rest of the forecast period. The ECMWF has a closed 500 mb low skirt along the northwestern gulf on Friday and keeps the bulk of the low to mid level moisture offshore. However, |
the GFS shows this feature to be less organized and brings the moisture further inland across our CWA as it makes its trek along the northwestern gulf. Regardless of the discrepancies between the models, both are in agreement with the increased moisture mostly over our coastal region and gulf waters, so have kept a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through the period with the best chances being offshore. The forecast for Sunday will depend primarily on the development and progression of a mid level trough. With widely varying model solutions this far out, will go with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms for now. Marine (now through Tuesday): high pressure edges northwest toward the desert SW over the next couple of days, weakening the pressure gradient across the lower texas coast. This will allow the southeast onshore flow to also decrease into Tuesday. Afternoon wind gusts may still reach 20 knots this afternoon across the laguna madre and nearshore gulf of mexico waters. Small craft should exercise caution this afternoon and early evening. Gulf seas eventually subside as wind speeds overall decrease through Tuesday, with 3-5 feet expected today, shifting further offshore and generally subsiding to 2-4 feet Tuesday, and 2-3 feet with improving surf conditions along the lower texas coastal shoreline. Tuesday night through Friday... Light to moderate southeast winds will continue across the coastal waters on Tuesday night with surface high pressure across the eastern gulf of mexico. The pressure gradient will begin to weaken by midweek and allow winds to diminish on Wednesday, but then pick up again heading into Friday with a tightening of the pressure gradient. Seas generally follow the wind pattern trending 2 to 4 or 2 to 3 feet through Thursday and then building to 3 to 5 feet on Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible at times across the coastal waters throughout the period. Fire weather... Rangeland fire discussion may not be needed today as conditions appear to stay just below criteria. Humidity values this afternoon are expected to be slightly higher than observed yesterday across the western counties, with 20 foot wind speeds generally staying below 15 mph or higher until later this afternoon or early this evening, as the lowest humidity values have already rebounded. Still, humidity values in the mid to upper 20 percent range are expected across zapata, jim hogg, and starr counties with breezy southeast winds. Couple those conditions with critically dry fuels across most of deep south texas, and burning of any kind, west of i69c especially, should be strongly discouraged and postponed a couple of days. At this time, drier air is expected out west on Tuesday, with humidity values dipping into the low to mid 20 percent range and 20 foot wind speeds again near 15 mph, mainly later in the afternoon. Bro watches warnings advisories Tx... Heat advisory from 1 pm this afternoon to 6 pm cdt this evening for txz250-251-253>255-353. Gm... None. This product is also available on the web at: http: weather.Gov rgv 56-hallman... Aviation |
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
| PMNT2 | 2 mi | 52 min | 86°F | 88°F | 1014.7 hPa | |||
| RSJT2 - 8777812 - Rincon del San Jose; Potrero Lopeno SW, TX | 18 mi | 52 min | SE 12 G 14 | 85°F | 86°F | 1014.5 hPa | ||
| RLIT2 | 20 mi | 52 min | SE 12 G 16 | 87°F | 86°F | 1014 hPa | ||
| BZST2 | 35 mi | 52 min | SSE 7 G 8.9 | 82°F | 77°F | 1014.3 hPa | ||
| PCGT2 - 8779748 - South Padre Island CGS, TX | 35 mi | 52 min | SSE 9.9 G 13 | 84°F | 1015.2 hPa | |||
| PTIT2 - 8779770 - Port Isabel, TX | 35 mi | 52 min | SSE 11 G 17 | 87°F | 83°F | 1014.9 hPa | ||
| 42020 - Corpus Christi, TX 50NM Southeast of Corpus Christi, TX | 48 mi | 24 min | SSE 12 G 14 | 86°F | 85°F | 1015.4 hPa | 81°F |
Wind History for Rincon Del San Jose, TX
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | |
| Last 24hr | SE | SE G23 | SE | SE G25 | SE G27 | SE | SE G28 | SE | SE | SE G22 | SE | SE G21 | SE G20 | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE |
| 1 day ago | SE | SE | SE G24 | SE G25 | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE G19 | SE | SE | SE | S G16 | S | S | S | S | S G19 | S | S | SE |
| 2 days ago | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE G26 | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | S G23 | S | S | S G13 | S | S | S | S | S | SE |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Harlingen, Rio Grande Valley International Airport, TX | 26 mi | 2.2 hrs | SSE 9 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 86°F | 77°F | 75% | 1013.8 hPa |
Link to 5 minute data for KHRL
Wind History from HRL (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | S | S G26 | SE G25 | S G24 | S G23 | S G23 | SE G28 | S G25 | SE G24 | SE G24 | SE | SE G20 | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | S | ||||||
| 1 day ago | S G22 | SE G23 | S G22 | S G20 | S | S G23 | SE G23 | S | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | S | S | SE | SE | S | |||||
| 2 days ago | S | S G16 | SE G21 | SE G26 | SE | SE | SE | S | S | S | SE | SE | SE | S |
Tide / Current Tables for Padre Island (South), Texas
EDIT Weekend mode (on/off) (on/off) Help One Week of DataPadre Island (South)
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Mon -- 06:53 AM CDT 1.21 feet High Tide
Mon -- 07:03 AM CDT Sunrise
Mon -- 10:26 AM CDT Moonset
Mon -- 12:20 PM CDT 0.93 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 05:27 PM CDT 1.15 feet High Tide
Mon -- 08:01 PM CDT Sunset
Mon -- 10:44 PM CDT Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Mon -- 06:53 AM CDT 1.21 feet High Tide
Mon -- 07:03 AM CDT Sunrise
Mon -- 10:26 AM CDT Moonset
Mon -- 12:20 PM CDT 0.93 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 05:27 PM CDT 1.15 feet High Tide
Mon -- 08:01 PM CDT Sunset
Mon -- 10:44 PM CDT Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
| 12 am | 1 am | 2 am | 3 am | 4 am | 5 am | 6 am | 7 am | 8 am | 9 am | 10 am | 11 am | 12 pm | 1 pm | 2 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm | 8 pm | 9 pm | 10 pm | 11 pm |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Tide / Current Tables for Padre Island (South), Texas (2)
EDIT (on/off) Help One Week of DataPadre Island (South)
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Mon -- 07:02 AM CDT Sunrise
Mon -- 07:27 AM CDT 1.28 feet High Tide
Mon -- 10:26 AM CDT Moonset
Mon -- 11:39 AM CDT 0.79 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 07:00 PM CDT 1.14 feet High Tide
Mon -- 08:01 PM CDT Sunset
Mon -- 10:44 PM CDT Moonrise
Mon -- 11:21 PM CDT 0.63 feet Low Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Mon -- 07:02 AM CDT Sunrise
Mon -- 07:27 AM CDT 1.28 feet High Tide
Mon -- 10:26 AM CDT Moonset
Mon -- 11:39 AM CDT 0.79 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 07:00 PM CDT 1.14 feet High Tide
Mon -- 08:01 PM CDT Sunset
Mon -- 10:44 PM CDT Moonrise
Mon -- 11:21 PM CDT 0.63 feet Low Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
| 12 am | 1 am | 2 am | 3 am | 4 am | 5 am | 6 am | 7 am | 8 am | 9 am | 10 am | 11 am | 12 pm | 1 pm | 2 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm | 8 pm | 9 pm | 10 pm | 11 pm |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Weather Map and Satellite Images
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Wind Forecast for Brownsville, TX (12,3,4,5)
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Gulf Stream Current
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