Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeBZRT2
In a park or preserve/11.5 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
San Luis Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 12 ft expected. * WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Front will push into the waters this morning with steadily increasing north winds in its wake. Gale conditions are anticipated in the waters generally west of Freeport beginning in the mid to late morning hours. Further east, winds will increase closer to gale conditions in the afternoon...especially the evening and overnight hours across the Upper Texas coast as cooler air moves over the warm shelf waters.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
74°
80°/68°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 74°·Light air 3 mph E
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for San Luis Beach until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 80° today.
Now. San Luis Beach is 74° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 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
53Air quality
90%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
74feels74
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8068
40%
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7155
19mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7353
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7858
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8263
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8464
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8564
overcast
74°
80°68°
71°55°
73°53°
78°58°
82°63°
84°64°
85°64°
As of 1:00 AM in San Luis Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at San Luis Beach
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 48 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
- Ozone31Good34 ppb19.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 56, moderate, Fri 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Luis Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.17in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at San Luis Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 147°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 43.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (126°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft
- Wind waves
- 3.3 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 43.5 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 12:20 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (126°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | S (170°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.0878° N
- Longitude
- 95.1117° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest San Luis Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW9349DW9349
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.8 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/19.5 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 11.6 SWTX-GV-112
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 17.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near San Luis Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamaica Beachcity, 11 mi
- Surfside Beachcity, 14 mi
- Oyster Creekcity, 14 mi
- Danburycity, 17 mi
- Liverpoolcity, 18 mi
- Freeportcity, 18 mi
- Quintanatown, 18 mi
- Clutecity, 18 mi
- Richwoodcity, 18 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 19 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 19 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 19 mi
Beaches near San Luis Beach
- West Beach9 mi
- Jamaica Beach11 mi
- Galveston Beach13 mi
- Palm Beach13 mi
- Pirates Beach13 mi
- Bermuda Beach14 mi
- Surfside beach14 mi
- Sunny Beach15 mi