Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Brownsville, TX
Issued by NWS Brownsville, TX
598 FZUS54 KBRO 282216 AAA CWFBRO Coastal Waters Forecast for the Lower Texas Coast...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 516 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 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. GMZ100-291130- 516 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024 .SYNOPSIS...The pressure gradient between the high across the Gulf and the low across the Plains will continue to weaken allowing for south to southeast winds to decrease tonight and into tomorrow. While hazardous conditions are expected to persist over the Gulf waters with elevated wave heights, Small Craft Exercise Caution conditions will prevail on the Laguna Madre this evening. $$ GMZ130-132-135-291130- 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- 516 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay becoming light chop after midnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Light chop on the bay becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay becoming light chop after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Light chop on the bay becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots in the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay becoming rough in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots decreasing to around 15 knots after midnight. Rough on the bay becoming a moderate chop after midnight. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Choppy on the bay. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay. A slight chance of showers in the evening. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ150-155-291130- Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm- Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm- 516 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet. A slight chance of showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A chance of showers in the morning. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .FRIDAY...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. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ170-175-291130- Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande extending from 20 to 60 nm- Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield extending from 20 to 60 nm- 516 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, with occasional seas up to 9 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet subsiding to 4 to 5 feet in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet building to 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$