Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Babe's Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 82° today.
Now. Babe's Beach is 77° and heavy rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:11 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Babe's Beach, Texas.
Air quality
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 46 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing SSE 151°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 42035, 26.7 mi away.
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2:20 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (137°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (126°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (129°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (140°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (139°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (168°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (168°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (151°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (150°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
The 5 instruments nearest Babe's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/1.1 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6225GW6225
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.8 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 1.8 NETX-GV-107
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/36.9 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 36.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.