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Coastal Waters Forecast for the Lower Texas Coast
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1017 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 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.

GMZ100-130430-
1017 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure extending from the western Gulf through
the Lower Texas coast will combine with lower pressure across the
Sierra Madre to produce moderate winds and slight to moderate seas
today. The ridge will move into the central Gulf Saturday and
eastern Gulf Sunday...remaining in place through Tuesday. A
persistent low pressure trough will remain over west Texas and the
Sierra Madre Saturday through Tuesday, with building seas and
moderate winds...becoming strong each afternoon over Laguna Madre.
Small Craft Advisories are likely most afternoons beginning as
early as Saturday on Laguna Madre...and across all waters later
Monday through Tuesday.


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GMZ130-132-135-130430-
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-
1017 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds increasing to 15 knots and gusty.
A moderate chop on the bay.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the
bay.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots in the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay becoming
choppy in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10
to 15 knots after midnight. Choppy on the bay becoming a moderate
chop after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 knots
with gusts up to 25 knots in the afternoon. A moderate chop on
the bay becoming rough in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 knots with gusts up to 25
knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Rough on the
bay becoming choppy after midnight.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Choppy on the bay.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Rough on the bay.
.TUESDAY...South winds 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots
becoming southeast around 15 knots in the afternoon. Rough on the
bay becoming a moderate chop in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay.

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GMZ150-155-130430-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
1017 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to
5 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet,
with occasional seas up to 8 feet subsiding to 4 to 5 feet after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots in
the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to
7 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
35 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 35 knots in
the morning. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to
5 feet.

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GMZ170-175-130430-
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-
1017 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to
6 feet, with occasional seas up to 7 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
with occasional seas up to 7 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots in
the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, with occasional seas up to
7 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, with occasional seas up to 9 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 35 knots in
the morning. Seas 5 to 7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to
7 feet, with occasional seas up to 8 feet.

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