Daily Update

Corpus Christi, TX

June 13, 2024

Notices

🌅SUNRISE: 0630 hrs
🌄SUNSET:  2015 hrs 
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When Outbound Passages are restricted to pilot boarding no earlier than Sunrise and later than the time detailed below for the various locations:
FROM VIOLA BASIN: -5 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM TULE BASIN: - 5 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM CHEMICAL BASIN: 4 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM AVERY BASIN: 4 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM MAIN BASIN: 3 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM INGLESIDE: 2 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
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PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS OPEN
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Please find attached MSIB 33-24 for HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS as Hurricane Season commences 1st June 2024 and continues through 30th November 2024.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 14-24, Update 3 for the updated schedule of Work to be conducted in Corpus Christi Ship Channel, between mile markers 55 and 56, from 1st June 2024 through 30th June 2024 between hours of 2000 and 0600.
Please see attached for more information.

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas

National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX

202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves

...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves.
 

GMZ200-131945-

202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...

Light to moderate winds will increase to more moderate onshore flow Monday night into Tuesday. 

With an area of disturbed weather, wave heights are forecast to increase through next week. 

This could lead to Small Craft Advisory conditions. 

The NHC has given this disturbance a medium chance of tropical development in the next 7 days. 

Low rain chances (20-30%) today through Friday will increase to medium to high early next week (50-80%).


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GMZ236-237-131945- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-


202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east late this morning and early afternoon, then increasing to 5 to 10 knots late. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until late afternoon.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY...East winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers in the morning.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.


Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ231-232-131945- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-


202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east late this morning, then increasing to 5 to 10 knots this afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY...East winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. 
Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers in the morning.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. 
Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers after midnight.


Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ255-131945- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-


202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east late this morning and early afternoon, then increasing to 5 to 10 knots late. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until late afternoon.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds.

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. 
A slight chance of showers in the morning.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.


Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ250-131945- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-


202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east late. Seas around 2 feet or less, then around 2 feet this afternoon. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds. 
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early this morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this morning and early afternoon.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds. 
A slight chance of showers in the morning.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. A chance of showers after midnight.



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ270-275-131945- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM-


202 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east around 5 knots late this morning and early afternoon, then increasing to 5 to 10 knots late.  
Seas around 2 feet or less, then around 2 feet this afternoon. 
Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds, becoming east 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds. 
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early this afternoon.

.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds.

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds. 
A chance of showers in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance of showers.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Attachments

  • MSIB 14-24, update 3, Worksite trident pipeline removal (1).pdf(73 KB )
  • MSIB 33-24, Hurricane Preparedness (1).pdf(789 KB )

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