Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeBZRT2
In a park or preserve/11.5 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
San Luis Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 12 ft. * WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America. * WHEN...Until 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds are expected to develop this evening and overnight as cooler air moves over the warm shelf waters.
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.
75°
80°/68°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Fresh breeze 20 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for San Luis 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 72° after 80° today.
Now. San Luis Beach is 75° and clear at 5 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 20 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 55° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
37Air quality
32%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
75feels75
20mph
Today
Oct 16
8068
26%
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7255
19mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7454
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7858
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8061
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8361
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8561
overcast
75°
80°68°
72°55°
74°54°
78°58°
80°61°
83°61°
85°61°
As of 5:00 PM in San Luis Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at San Luis Beach
Index 37, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 48 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)37Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Luis Beach
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Last 3 days
- 0.85in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 80%
Visibility
How far you can see at San Luis Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 147°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 43.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 4.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- N (8°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 9 s from NNW
- Wind waves
- 4.6 ft at 5 s from N
- Water
- 82 °F
- Read
- Fri 4:50 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 4:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (8°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | N (9°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | N (359°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (3°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (139°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | SE (140°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (144°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.0878° N
- Longitude
- 95.1117° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest San Luis Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW9349DW9349
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.8 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/19.5 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 11.6 SWTX-GV-112
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 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), 17.9 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 San Luis Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamaica Beachcity, 11 mi
- Surfside Beachcity, 14 mi
- Oyster Creekcity, 14 mi
- Danburycity, 17 mi
- Liverpoolcity, 18 mi
- Freeportcity, 18 mi
- Quintanatown, 18 mi
- Clutecity, 18 mi
- Richwoodcity, 18 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 19 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 19 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 19 mi
Beaches near San Luis Beach
- West Beach9 mi
- Jamaica Beach11 mi
- Galveston Beach13 mi
- Palm Beach13 mi
- Pirates Beach13 mi
- Bermuda Beach14 mi
- Surfside beach14 mi
- Sunny Beach15 mi