Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
790 FZUS54 KCRP 091935 CWFCRP Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ200-100900- 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS... Weak onshore flow will continue through this evening, then shift northeasterly Friday morning as a weak cold front approaches the waters. East-northeasterly flow strengthens to moderate Friday afternoon and continues into Friday night. Patchy fog and haze will continue to impact the waters ahead of the boundary. Moderate flow will shift back southeasterly by Sunday, becoming weak to moderate by Monday morning. A low chance of showers and storms on Saturday increases to a low to medium chance Sunday and Monday. $$ GMZ236-237-100900- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays- 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming around 5 knots late. Bay and inland waters smooth. Hazy. Patchy fog after midnight. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy with patchy fog in the morning. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. .MONDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ231-232-100900- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays- 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots late this evening and early morning, then becoming east 5 to 10 knots late. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy. Patchy fog after midnight. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy. Patchy fog in the morning. Hazy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ255-100900- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM- 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east late. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy with patchy fog. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds and east 3 feet at 4 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Hazy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. .MONDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ250-100900- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM- 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots late this evening and early morning, then becoming east late. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy with patchy fog. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Hazy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas around 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ270-275-100900- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM- 235 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east late. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy with patchy fog. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Hazy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas around 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ EMF/NMP