At an airfield/5.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Shell Beach, Texas
Beach in Matagorda County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 7 to 13 ft expected. * WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Trends have indicated a stronger, faster cold front. Additional timing adjustments to the Warning cannot be ruled out, especially for waters west of Freeport.
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.
79°
89°/74°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Shell Beach until 1 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 81° after 89° today.
Now. Shell Beach is 79° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:25 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
82%Humidity
34%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
79feels79
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
8974
13mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8168
21%
29mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7256
22mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7654
13mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8059
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8464
13%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8766
13mph
79°
89°74°
81°68°
72°56°
76°54°
80°59°
84°64°
87°66°
As of 9:00 PM in Shell Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Shell Beach
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 43 miles off.
39Good
- Ozone39Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shell Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Shell Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 99°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Matagorda County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 28.6619° N
- Longitude
- 96.3044° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Shell Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Matagorda Bay Entrance ChannelNDBC-MBET2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW8849DW8849
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.2 mi away/27 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Point ComfortPTCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Port O Connor 0.5 NWTX-CLH-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Point Comfort (PTCT2), 14.9 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:16. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Shell Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Palacioscity, 6 mi
- Blessingcommunity, 15 mi
- Point Comfortcity, 15 mi
- La Wardcity, 16 mi
- Magnolia Beachcommunity, 16 mi
- Port O'Connorcommunity, 16 mi
- Alamo Beachcommunity, 17 mi
- Lolitacommunity, 19 mi
- Midfieldcommunity, 20 mi
- Port Lavacacity, 20 mi
- Matagordacommunity, 21 mi
- Vanderbiltcommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Shell Beach
- Palacious Bay Beach6 mi
- King Fisher Beach16 mi
- Magnolia Beach Park16 mi
- Lighthouse Beach19 mi
- Matagorda Beach22 mi
- Bryan Beach60 mi
- Rockport Beach62 mi
- Surfside beach65 mi