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FZUS54 KHGX 232039  
CWFHGX  
 
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR TEXAS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX  
239 PM CST MON DEC 23 2024  
 
UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP  
CHANNEL OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA  
BAYS.  
 
SEAS ARE PROVIDED AS A RANGE OF THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST  
1/3 OF THE WAVES...ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL HEIGHT OF THE  
AVERAGE HIGHEST 10 PERCENT OF THE WAVES.  
 
GMZ300-240915-  
SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT  
60 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS  
239 PM CST MON DEC 23 2024  
 
.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM  
INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS.  
 
LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR MUCH  
OF THE WEEK. CAUTION THRESHOLDS COULD BE REACHED AT TIMES. PATCHY  
FOG, SOME LOCALLY DENSE, COULD OCCASIONALLY DEVELOP TOO. BETTER  
RAIN AND STORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. AT THIS  
TIME, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING LOOKS QUIET.  
MORE RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AS A  
SECOND SYSTEM MOVES ON THROUGH. OUR NEXT COLD FRONT CURRENTLY  
LOOKS TO MOVE ACROSS SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING WITH OFFSHORE  
WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE.  
 
 
 
GMZ335-240915-  
GALVESTON BAY-  
239 PM CST MON DEC 23 2024  
   
THIS AFTERNOON  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS  
SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
TUESDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS  
SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE  
EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.    
WEDNESDAY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BACKING TO SOUTHEAST  
IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE  
MORNING. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS  
SMOOTH. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. SHOWERS LIKELY.    
FRIDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
 
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
 
GMZ330-240915-  
MATAGORDA BAY-  
239 PM CST MON DEC 23 2024  
   
THIS AFTERNOON  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS  
SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS LATE.    
TUESDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO  
SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
WEDNESDAY  
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, VEERING TO SOUTHEAST IN  
THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS  
SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY  
CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
FRIDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
 
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
 
GMZ350-355-240915-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TX OUT  
20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT TX OUT 20 NM-  
239 PM CST MON DEC 23 2024  
   
THIS AFTERNOON  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO  
4 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT 5 SECONDS. A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 5 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
TUESDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 3 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    
WEDNESDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BACKING TO SOUTHEAST IN  
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT  
6 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND  
3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG  
AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER  
MIDNIGHT.    
FRIDAY  
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 3 FEET.  
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
 
GMZ370-375-240915-  
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TX FROM 20 TO  
60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-  
239 PM CST MON DEC 23 2024  
   
THIS AFTERNOON  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO  
4 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 5 SECONDS. A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 5 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
TUESDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 4 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    
WEDNESDAY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHEAST  
AROUND 10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. WAVE DETAIL:  
SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS, RISING TO  
10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. WAVE DETAIL:  
SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 6 SECONDS.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET. A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    
FRIDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
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