Surf Forecast


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FZUS54 KCRP 161055
SRFCRP
SURF ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
555 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
.FOR THE BEACHES FROM MALAQUITE BEACH TO PORT ARANSAS...
TXZ242-243-162300-
KLEBERG-NUECES-
555 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
5 AM OBSERVATIONS:
                              BOB HALL PIER         PORT ARANSAS          
AIR TEMPERATURE:              81                    80                    
SEA WATER TEMPERATURE:        81                    80                    
WATER LEVEL:                  0.72 FT MSL           0.8 FT MSL            
WIND:                         S 16 MPH              S 14 MPH              
FORECAST:
                              TODAY                 THURSDAY              
MIN/MAX TEMP:                 / 82                  64 / 74               
SKY         MORNING:          PARTLY CLOUDY         MOSTLY CLOUDY         
            AFTERNOON:        PARTLY CLOUDY         CLOUDY                
            EVENING:          MOSTLY CLOUDY         CLOUDY                
WEATHER     MORNING:          SHOWERS / TSTMS       SHOWERS               
            AFTERNOON:        SHOWERS / TSTMS       SHOWERS               
            EVENING:          SHOWERS               SHOWERS / TSTMS       
PRECIP CHC  MORNING:          30%                   40%                   
            AFTERNOON:        30%                   40%                   
            EVENING:          50%                   40%                   
WIND        MORNING:          S 8-14 MPH            N 14-17 MPH           
            AFTERNOON:        N 2-21 MPH            N 9-13 MPH            
            EVENING:          N 17-21 MPH           NE 9-12 MPH           
RIP CURRENT RISK:*            LOW                   LOW                   
LIGHTNING RISK:               MODERATE              NONE                  
UV INDEX:                     HIGH                  MODERATE              
SIG WAVE HEIGHT:*             2 FEET                2 FEET                
DOMINANT WAVE PERIOD:*        5 SECONDS             5 SECONDS             
PORT ARANSAS JETTY TIDES:     LOW : 747 AM          HIGH: 144 AM  
                              HIGH: 227 PM          LOW : 817 AM  
                              LOW : 830 PM          HIGH: 337 PM  
                                                    LOW : 936 PM  
.OUTLOOK (DAYS 3-5)...A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AS A COASTAL
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS. THIS TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY
SATURDAY AND RESULT IN GENERALLY MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW.
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
THIS FRONT. WIND SPEEDS WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY
AND BECOME ONSHORE BY LATE SUNDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP
SUNDAY YET PRIMARILY EAST OF THE SURF-ZONE. PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
SUNDAY. SEAS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET NEAR THE SURF ZONE. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70. MAXIMUM READINGS IN THE
MID 70S TO NEAR 80.
* A LOW RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT ANY RIP CURRENTS THAT DO
  FORM ARE LIKELY TO BE WEAK BUT STILL MAY POSE A DANGER TO POOR 
  SWIMMERS. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN RIP CURRENTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE 
  FREQUENT IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...INLETS...AND PIERS AND
  THESE CAN BE QUITE STRONG ON DAYS WHERE THE OVERALL RIP CURRENT
  THREAT IS LOW...ESPECIALLY IF STRONG SOUTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY
  WINDS EXIST.
* WAVE HEIGHT AND PERIOD FORECASTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF DEEP OCEAN
  WAVES OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS...NOT SURF CONDITIONS.
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