Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
West Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 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.
80°
85°/77°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 80°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for West Beach until 1 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. West Beach is 80° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° 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 tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:18 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
48Air quality
75%Humidity
45%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
80feels80
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8577
35%
12mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8173
45%
28mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7260
26mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7460
14mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7765
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
8069
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8171
overcast
80°
85°77°
81°73°
72°60°
74°60°
77°65°
80°69°
81°71°
As of 9:00 PM in West Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at West Beach
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 45 miles off.
48Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
- Ozone48Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)33Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 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 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West 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 West Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 11 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, 30.1 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- SE (130°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 6 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Thu 8:50 PM
- Distance
- 30.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | S (170°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (158°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | S (172°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (167°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.2177° N
- Longitude
- 94.9094° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest West Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/4.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6225GW6225
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 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/2.4 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/32.9 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), 32.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near West Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamaica Beachcity, 5 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 6 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 8 mi
- Galvestoncity, 9 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 11 mi
- La Marquecity, 11 mi
- Texas Citycity, 13 mi
- Santa Fecity, 16 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 19 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 19 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 20 mi
- League Citycity, 22 mi
Beaches near West Beach
- Sunny Beachunder 1 mi
- Bermuda Beach1 mi
- Pirates Beach2 mi
- Palm Beach2 mi
- Galveston Beach2 mi
- Babe's Beach4 mi
- Jamaica Beach4 mi
- West Beach6 mi