Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
745 FZUS54 KHGX 241933 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 233 PM CDT Tue Sep 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. GMZ300-250815- Synopsis for High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays 233 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Light to occasionally moderate onshore flow, low seas and increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms can be expected through today. Winds will gradually back to the northeast on Wednesday ahead of an approaching cold front, and there will also be increasing chances of the showers and thunderstorms. This cold front is expected to move through the area late Wednesday night into Thursday bringing moderate to strong northerly winds through Thursday night. Seas will likely increase to 4 to 6 feet due to the increase in winds. Caution flags and Small Craft Advisories may be needed. $$ GMZ335-250815- Galveston Bay- 233 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, veering to west late. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening. .WEDNESDAY...North winds around 5 knots, veering to northeast in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms early in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming north 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, backing to west after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ330-250815- Matagorda Bay- 233 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east late. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .WEDNESDAY...North winds around 5 knots, veering to southeast late. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers early in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, backing to north late in the evening, rising to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of thunderstorms early in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, backing to northwest late. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, veering to north after midnight. Bay waters smooth. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ350-355-250815- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- 233 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, veering to east late. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming north around 15 knots in the late evening and early morning, rising to 15 to 20 knots late. Seas around 2 feet or less, then around 3 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and east 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming east 2 feet at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 12 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 5 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 12 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 5 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 11 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, veering to west after midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ370-375-250815- 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- 233 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy fog early in the morning. A chance of showers until late afternoon. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. A slight chance of showers late. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming north 15 to 20 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less, then around 3 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming east 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 5 feet at 5 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 12 seconds. A chance of showers early in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 6 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 11 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots, easing to around 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 6 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 11 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, rising to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas around 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots, easing to around 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 3 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$