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Little Shell, Texas

Beach in Kenedy County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Little Shell

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 37 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Little Shell

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Little Shell, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat
Little Shell from its sand, nowLooking E from the sand at 9:39 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 6 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.80E100110Facing E 98°Moon 134° rightWind 7 mphfrom ESE, onshoreRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking E from the sand at 9:39 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 6 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing E 98°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: moderate

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, and the waves at buoy PHCT2, 43.5 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
84 °F
UV index
High

Waves at buoy PHCT2, Port Aransas

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
6 s
From
-
Water
-
Read
Thu 7:00 PM
Distance
43.5 mi

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.

Wave height at buoy PHCT2, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Thu 7:00 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon2.3 ftWave height at buoy PHCT2, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Thu 7:00 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Thu 7:00 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 7:00 PM2.3 ft6 s-
Thu 6:00 PM2.3 ft6 s-
Thu 5:00 PM2.3 ft6 s-
Thu 4:00 PM2.6 ft6 s-
Thu 2:00 PM2.6 ft6 s-
Thu 1:00 PM3.0 ft6 s-
Thu 12:00 PM3.3 ft6 s-
Thu 11:00 AM3.3 ft6 s-
Thu 10:00 AM3.3 ft6 s-
Thu 9:00 AM3.6 ft6 s-
Thu 8:00 AM3.6 ft6 s-
Thu 7:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 6:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 5:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 4:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 3:00 AM4.3 ft6 s-
Thu 1:00 AM4.3 ft6 s-
Thu 12:00 AM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 11:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 10:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 9:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 8:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 7:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 6:00 PM3.9 ft6 s-

Surf zone forecast

Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island, including South Padre Island and Boca Chica. Issued 2:22 AM CDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastTodayTonightFriday
Rip current riskModerateLowHigh
Surf height2 to 4 feetAround 3 feet2 to 3 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet in the afternoon
Surf temperature84 °F--
UV indexHigh--
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNoneLow
WeatherSunnyMostly clearMostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms
High temperatureIn the mid 80s-In the mid 80s
Low temperature-In the upper 70s-
WindsSoutheast winds around 15 mphEast winds 5 to 10 mphWindy. North winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 30 mph in the afternoon
TidesSouth Padre IslandLow, 12:12 PMSouth Padre IslandHigh, 11:40 PMSouth Padre IslandLow, 1:03 PM
Friday night
Surf height 10 to 14 feet. Mostly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the upper 60s. Windy. North winds around 30 mph
Saturday
Surf height 10 to 14 feet. Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Windy. North winds around 30 mph
Saturday night
Surf height 4 to 8 feet. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
Sunday
Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Partly sunny. 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. North winds around 10 mph
Monday
Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 10 mph

Beach

County
Kenedy County
State
Texas
Latitude
27.2562° N
Longitude
97.3533° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Little Shell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW3037GW3037

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Sarita StationTWDB-KNSAR

At a river or reservoir gauge/27.8 mi away/37 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

KingsvilleS2206

At a soil climate station/38.2 mi away/67 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Riviera 4.4 ETX-KL-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.1 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Snow on the ground

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