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Marine Weather and Tides Tiki Island, TX Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 7:11AM

Sunset 5:50PM

Thursday January 23, 2020 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)

Moonrise 6:19AM

Moonset 4:50PM

Illumination 3%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Tiki Island, TX

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Area Discussion for - Houston/Galveston, TX

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FXUS64 KHGX 230525 AFDHGX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1125 PM CST Wed Jan 22 2020

AVIATION [06Z TAF Issuance].

The shower activity has ended for CLL and UTS, but showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue to impact CXO and all sites south through the next few hours before coming to an end. IFR to MVFR CIGs will continue through the night and into tomorrow morning as low level moisture lingers. Patchy fog may also form tonight and into the early morning hours with the best areas of potential development being near CLL, UTS, and CXO. Skies will clear through the day tomorrow as drier, breezier northwesterly flow takes over post front. VFR conditions then expected through the rest of the day tomorrow.

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PREV DISCUSSION /Issued 557 PM CST Wed Jan 22 2020/.

DISCUSSION. Three rain producing weather systems are forecast to affect the area over the next week in this fairly progressive flow pattern. An upper disturbance will pivot through tonight . with a surface cold front dropping through . a coastal/Gulf low will develop in advance of a short wave over the weekend . and a Pacific front will cross from west to east across the area next Tuesday.

SHORT TERM [Tonight and Thursday]. Round one of rainfall moving through the area now with abundant stratiform rain and deeper convection . showers and can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. The second round moves through overnight and soundings support the potential for more thunderstorms over the southern half of the area. Brief periods of moderate to heavy rain could accompany any of these isolated thunderstorms. The rain should come to an end before 6 am. Cloudy weather prevails through the arrival of the cold front Thursday 7-10 am (nw-se track) even though temps will end up being warmer in the wake of the Pacific cold front.

Northwest winds becoming north and drying out throughout the day Thursday.

LONG TERM [Thursday Night Through Wednesday]. Thursday night through Friday night . Short wave trough and associated surface cold front clear the area . with subsidence and clearing in its wake as high pressure builds in from the west and a drier airmass filters in. Very pleasant weather then on tap for Friday into Saturday with high pressure in control.

Saturday and Sunday . Surface high pushes east with return flow on backside bringing onshore flow and increasing moisture by Saturday afternoon. Split flow pattern aloft with more short wave energy to cross the region on Sunday with a positively tilted trough in the northern stream . and another shortwave heading out over the Gulf in a southern stream. EC a little stronger with this southern stream disturbance. End result is a complex surface pattern with a low pressure system developing near the coast or over the Gulf . and a return to rain chances . with highest chances over the Gulf and for coastal counties. Still some uncertainty with this feature. Its possible most rain could stay out over the water . but think will see measurable most areas . with at least the possibility heavier rains near the coast.

Monday through Wednesday . Onshore flow Monday keeps fairly moist air mass in place. Another Pacific cold front crosses the region from west to east . mostly likely Tuesday . although as always some timing uncertainty this far out. Models suggest drying out . and colder . drier on Wednesday . but some model differences . uncertainly on the strength of the front.

Reilly

MARINE. Tide levels remain elevated as seas have built throughout the day and were up to 7-9 feet and still building. During the night expect seas of 5-8 feet nearshore and 8-12 feet offshore with winds continuing to increase as the s/w moves through. SCA has been extended for the Gulf waters to 1 pm. Northerly flow in the wake of Thursday's Pacific front quickly becoming northeasterly then on towards easterly as high pressure slides by.

Winds and seas will potentially increase again over the weekend as a Gulf low develops. How much will depend on details of the cyclogenesis . how intense the low becomes. Think GFS may be a bit overdone with the intensity and length of fetch . so went below WNA wave model guidance which is driven by the GFS winds. Winds and seas diminish again early in the week . then bump up again behind Pacific frontal passage on Tuesday with moderate offshore flow behind the fropa Tuesday night and Wednesday.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS.

College Station (CLL) 59 52 61 39 65 / 10 0 0 0 10 Houston (IAH) 59 55 66 43 65 / 10 0 0 0 10 Galveston (GLS) 63 59 65 51 63 / 30 0 0 0 20

HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES.

TX . None. GM . Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM CST Thursday for the following zones: Galveston Bay . Matagorda Bay.

Small Craft Advisory until 1 PM CST Thursday for the following zones: Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM . Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM . 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.

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
GTOT2	1 mi	48 min		62°F	60°F		1011.1 hPa
GNJT2 - 8771341 - Galveston Bay (North Jetty), TX	5 mi	54 min		62°F	59°F		1010.1 hPa
GRRT2	5 mi	48 min		60°F	57°F		1011 hPa
EPTT2 - 8771013 - Eagle Point, TX	13 mi	54 min		60°F	56°F		1010.8 hPa
KXIH	18 mi	23 min	SW 9.9	63°F
RLOT2 - 8770971 - Rollover Pass, TX	20 mi	48 min		60°F	54°F		1011.3 hPa
42035 - GALVESTON 22NM East of Galveston, TX	21 mi	28 min	9.7 G 12			9 ft	1012.6 hPa
LUIT2	24 mi	48 min		63°F			1012.6 hPa
MGPT2 - 8770613 - Morgans Point, TX	27 mi	48 min		60°F	59°F		1011.3 hPa
HIST2	29 mi	54 min		61°F	57°F		1010.9 hPa
FCGT2 - 8772447 - USCG Freeport, TX	37 mi	48 min		64°F	59°F		1011.8 hPa
FPST2	37 mi	48 min		63°F	61°F		1011.2 hPa
NCHT2 - 8770777 - Manchester, TX	37 mi	48 min		61°F	62°F		1011 hPa
SRST2 - Sabine Pass, TX	48 mi	18 min	S 8 G 11	62°F			1011.8 hPa (-1.4)	62°F

Wind History for Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Galveston, Scholes Field, TX	5 mi	26 min	SW 3	10.00 mi	Overcast	63°F	61°F	93%	1011.9 hPa
High Island 179A (Apache Corp), LA	18 mi	43 min	W 13	4.00 mi	Overcast with Haze	63°F	0°F	%	1011.8 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Galveston (Galveston Channel), Texas

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Wind Forecast for Houston/Galveston, TX (5,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Houston/Galveston, TX

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