Citizen station DW2080DW2080
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/12 ft/12 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/Texas/Frankland Pass
Frankland Pass, Texas
Mountain pass in Chambers County, Texas, at 0 ft* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 12 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...Front will push into the waters this morning with steadily increasing north winds in its wake. Gale conditions are anticipated in the waters generally west of Freeport beginning in the mid to late morning hours. Further east, winds will increase closer to gale conditions in the afternoon...especially the evening and overnight hours across the Upper Texas coast 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°
81°/71°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 75°·Light air 3 mph E
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Frankland Pass until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 81° today.
Now. Frankland Pass is 75° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:10 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
82%Humidity
51%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
75feels75
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8171
32%
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7157
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7355
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7759
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8164
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8465
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8565
overcast
75°
81°71°
71°57°
73°55°
77°59°
81°64°
84°65°
85°65°
As of 2:00 AM in Frankland Pass, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Frankland Pass
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 38 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone31Good29 ppb15.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Frankland Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Frankland Pass, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 0 ft
- County
- Chambers County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.5613° N
- Longitude
- 94.7563° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Frankland Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City08077650
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
La PorteT41
At an airfield/19.9 mi away/23 ft/23 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Anahuac 7.1 STX-CHM-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/5 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaytownBATT2
At a cooperative observer's station/23.5 mi away/59 ft/59 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Frankland Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Oak Islandcommunity, 8 mi
- Bolivar Peninsulacommunity, 10 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 12 mi
- Beach Citycity, 13 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 14 mi
- Anahuaccity, 15 mi
- Texas Citycity, 16 mi
- Kemahcity, 16 mi
- Shoreacrescity, 16 mi
- Morgan's Pointcity, 16 mi
- Seabrookcity, 16 mi
- Clear Lake Shorescity, 17 mi
Mountain passes near Frankland Pass
- Ladies Pass6 mi
- Moodys Pass6 mi
- Middle Pass7 mi
- West Pass9 mi
- Middle Pass10 mi
- Fivemile Pass12 mi
- Hickory Pass212 mi
- Spanish Pass242 mi