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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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LK/WC