Matagorda Bay Entrance ChannelNDBC-MBET2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for King Fisher Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 81° today.
Now. King Fisher Beach is 77° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:20 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in King Fisher Beach, Texas.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 43 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing NE 45°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy PHCT2, 58.6 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 10:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Thu 9:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| 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 | - |
The 6 instruments nearest King Fisher 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 now4 instruments
Matagorda Bay Entrance ChannelNDBC-MBET2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/21.2 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW8849DW8849
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.0 mi away/27 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Port Aransas 32 NNE23906
At a climate reference station/27.3 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Port O Connor 0.5 NWTX-CLH-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Point ComfortPTCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Point Comfort (PTCT2), 17.0 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:16. 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.