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Follow the National Data Buoy Center on Facebook. NWS ForecastFZUS54 KCRP 142103 CWFCRP COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 303 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2012 MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES. GMZ200-151000- 303 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2012 SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS WEAK TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE LEVELS TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND PATCHY SEA FOG ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ADVANCING TOWARD THE AREA. ONSHORE FLOW WILL RELAX AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTH TEXAS. A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DIMINISH AHEAD OF THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODERATE NORTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTER THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE. A COASTAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY...PROVIDING SUFFICIENT LIFT FOR A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL IMPACT SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PROVIDING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS...THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST...AND ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE WATERS ON SATURDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WITH RAINFALL ENDING BY SATURDAY EVENING. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY...THEN BECOME ONSHORE SUNDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST. GMZ235-151000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- 303 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2012 TONIGHT EAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE EVENING. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. PATCHY SEA FOG. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS SHIFTING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. PATCHY SEA FOG IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. THURSDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO AROUND 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. SUNDAY NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS SHIFTING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. SUNDAY NIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH. GMZ230-151000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- 303 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2012 TONIGHT EAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE EVENING. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. PATCHY SEA FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. PATCHY SEA FOG IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. THURSDAY NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. THURSDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO AROUND 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. SUNDAY NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS SHIFTING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SMOOTH. SUNDAY NIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH. GMZ250-255-151000- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- 303 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2012 SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE IN THE NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. PATCHY SEA FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. PATCHY SEA FOG IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. THURSDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. SUNDAY NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS SHIFTING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. SUNDAY NIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. GMZ270-275-151000- 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- 303 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2012 SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET. PATCHY SEA FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY SEA FOG IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WEST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET. THURSDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SATURDAY NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET. SUNDAY NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SUNDAY NIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. TE/GW |