Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pirates Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Matagorda Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
75°
80°/72°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 75°·Light breeze 5 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Pirates Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pirates Beach is 75° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° 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 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
87%Humidity
26%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
75feels75
26%
Today
Oct 16
8072
37%
27mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7359
25mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7460
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7863
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8067
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8169
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8269
overcast
75°
80°72°
73°59°
74°60°
78°63°
80°67°
81°69°
82°69°
As of 4:00 AM in Pirates Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Pirates Beach
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 46 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
- Ozone27Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pirates Beach
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
Visibility
How far you can see at Pirates Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 146°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 31.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (145°)
- Swell
- 2.6 ft at 5 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 4 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Fri 4:20 AM
- Distance
- 31.7 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 4:20 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (145°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ESE (118°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.2033° N
- Longitude
- 94.9338° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pirates Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/6.2 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6225GW6225
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.4 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 3.6 WSWTX-GV-61
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/31.1 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 31.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Pirates Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamaica Beachcity, 3 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 7 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 9 mi
- Galvestoncity, 11 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 11 mi
- La Marquecity, 12 mi
- Texas Citycity, 13 mi
- Santa Fecity, 16 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 19 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 20 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 21 mi
- Liverpoolcity, 22 mi
Beaches near Pirates Beach
- Palm Beachunder 1 mi
- Galveston Beachunder 1 mi
- Bermuda Beachunder 1 mi
- Sunny Beach1 mi
- West Beach2 mi
- Jamaica Beach3 mi
- West Beach4 mi
- Babe's Beach6 mi