Galveston Pier 21NDBC-GTOT2
At a harbour/1.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Porretto Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Matagorda Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
75°
79°/71°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 75°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Porretto Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 79° today.
Now. Porretto Beach is 75° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
74%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
75feels75
17%
Today
Oct 16
7971
42%
27mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7158
25mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7359
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7663
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
8067
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8169
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8270
overcast
75°
79°71°
71°58°
73°59°
76°63°
80°67°
81°69°
82°70°
As of 2:00 AM in Porretto Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Porretto Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 47 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone31Good34 ppb5.8 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 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Porretto Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Porretto Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 139°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 22.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- ESE (123°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 6 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 22.3 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1:20 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (123°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (129°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (140°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (139°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (168°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (168°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (151°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (150°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (133°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.3040° N
- Longitude
- 94.7720° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Porretto Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/6.0 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW2080DW2080
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.3 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 9.1 NETX-GV-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaytownBATT2
At a cooperative observer's station/37.4 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Porretto Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Galvestoncity, 1 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 9 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 10 mi
- Texas Citycity, 12 mi
- Bolivar Peninsulacommunity, 13 mi
- La Marquecity, 13 mi
- Jamaica Beachcity, 15 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 15 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 16 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 19 mi
- Santa Fecity, 20 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 20 mi
Beaches near Porretto Beach
- Stewart Beachunder 1 mi
- East Beach2 mi
- Galveston Beach3 mi
- Babe's Beach6 mi
- Bolivar Beach9 mi
- West Beach10 mi
- Sunny Beach11 mi
- Bermuda Beach11 mi