UtmsiNDBC-UTVT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Holiday Beach until 1 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Holiday Beach is 83° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 79° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%) and Tuesday (37%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 32 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Holiday Beach, Texas.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 21 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SE 135°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
The surf zone forecast for Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands, and the waves at buoy PHCT2, 0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 6:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 5:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 4:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 2:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 1:00 PM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 12:00 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 11:00 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 10:00 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 9:00 AM | 3.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 8:00 AM | 3.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 7:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 6:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 5:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 4:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 3:00 AM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 1:00 AM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 12:00 AM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Wed 11:00 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Wed 10:00 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Wed 9:00 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Wed 8:00 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Wed 7:00 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | - |
Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands, including Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus Christi, and Mustang Island. Issued 1:25 AM CDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 2 to 3 feet | 4 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - | - |
| UV index | Very High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly clear | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the mid 80s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the mid 70s | - |
| Winds | Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph | East winds 5 to 10 mph | Windy. North winds around 20 mph, increasing to around 30 mph in the afternoon |
| Sunrise | 7:29 AM | - | 7:29 AM |
| Sunset | 7:01 PM | - | 7:00 PM |
| Tides | Bob Hall PierLow, 12:08 PMPort AransasLow, 12:09 PM | Bob Hall PierHigh, 10:52 PMPort AransasHigh, 10:40 PM | Bob Hall PierLow, 1:02 PMPort AransasLow, 1:03 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Holiday Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
UtmsiNDBC-UTVT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Port Aransas/Mustang Beach ArptRAS
At an airfield/2.1 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW3037GW3037
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Port Aransas 32 NNE23906
At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Port Aransas 0.9 ENETX-NU-106
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port AransasPTTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.