Isla Blanca ParkTCEQ-323
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Isla Blanca Beach, Texas
Beach in Cameron County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 11 to 16 ft expected. * WHERE...All Lower Texas Coastal Waters including the Laguna Madre. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
74°
87°/73°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 74°·Light breeze 7 mph NNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Isla Blanca Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 74° after 87° today.
Now. Isla Blanca Beach is 74° and mostly clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 74°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 27 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:29 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 33 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
89%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
74feels74
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8773
35%
31mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7462
27mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7961
13%
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8366
12%
Tue
Oct 20
8570
29%
Wed
Oct 21
8672
17%
Thu
Oct 22
8672
overcast
74°
87°73°
74°62°
79°61°
83°66°
85°70°
86°72°
86°72°
As of 7:00 AM in Isla Blanca Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Isla Blanca Beach
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 35 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
- Ozone17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Isla Blanca Beach
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
Visibility
How far you can see at Isla Blanca Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 72°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island.
- In force High rip current risk in effect from 7 AM CDT this morning through Sunday morning
- In force Coastal flood advisory in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM CDT Sunday
- In force High surf advisory in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM CDT Sunday
Today
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet in the afternoon
- Water temperature
- 84 °F
- UV index
- Very High
Surf zone forecast
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island, including South Padre Island and Boca Chica. Issued 2:05 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | High | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet in the afternoon | 11 to 14 feet | 9 to 13 feet |
| Surf temperature | 84 °F | - | - |
| UV index | Very High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny until 4 PM, then partly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms | Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly cloudy until 1 AM, then mostly cloudy. A chance of showers | Partly sunny |
| High temperature | In the mid 80s | - | In the lower 70s |
| Low temperature | - | In the mid 60s | - |
| Winds | Windy. North winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 30 mph in the afternoon | Windy. North winds 30 to 35 mph | Windy. North winds around 30 mph |
| Tides | South Padre IslandLow, 1:03 PM | South Padre IslandHigh, 12:38 AM | South Padre IslandLow, 2:00 PM |
- Saturday night
- Surf height 4 to 8 feet. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 15 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 4 to 5 feet. Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 20 mph
- Sunday night
- Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Monday night
- Surf height around 4 feet. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 4 feet. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Beach
- County
- Cameron County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 26.0678° N
- Longitude
- 97.1548° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Isla Blanca Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW1996DW1996
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Port Isabel-Cameron County AptPIL
At an airfield/13.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Port Isabel 0.5 ETX-CMR-140
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port IsabelPIST2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Isla Blanca Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Chula Vistacommunity, 18 mi
- Orasoncommunity, 18 mi
- Reid Hope Kingcommunity, 19 mi
- South Pointcommunity, 20 mi
- Los Fresnoscity, 20 mi
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