At an airfield/5.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Shell Beach, Texas
Beach in Matagorda County, Texas* WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 kt and seas 5 to 7 ft. Bay waters choppy to rough. * WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
85°
90°/82°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 95°·Moderate breeze 15 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Shell Beach until 7 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Shell Beach is 85° and partly cloudy at 8:15 AM. With the humidity it feels like 95°. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south-southeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 90° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 82° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 85°. Rain or snow is likely Friday (65%), Saturday (72%) and Sunday (65%). Rain is possible tomorrow (46%) and Monday (37%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:12 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 9:45 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 55 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
-Air quality
75%Humidity
60%Cloud
Now
8:15 AM
85feels95
15mph
Today
Sep 30
9082
19%
21mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 1
8577
46%
19mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 2
8676
65%
15mph
Sat
Oct 3
9075
72%
UV 7
Sun
Oct 4
8875
65%
UV 6
Mon
Oct 5
8574
37%
16mph
Tue
Oct 6
8572
22%
18mph
UV 6
85°
90°82°
85°77°
86°76°
90°75°
88°75°
85°74°
85°72°
As of 8:15 AM in Shell Beach, Texas.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Matagorda County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 28.6619° N
- Longitude
- 96.3044° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Shell Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
MidfieldFZCT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.9 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Point ComfortPTCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Port O Connor 0.5 NWTX-CLH-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Point Comfort (PTCT2), 14.9 miles from here, read 29 Sep, 07:47. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Shell Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Palacioscity, 6 mi
- Blessingcommunity, 15 mi
- Point Comfortcity, 15 mi
- La Wardcity, 16 mi
- Magnolia Beachcommunity, 16 mi
- Port O'Connorcommunity, 16 mi
- Alamo Beachcommunity, 17 mi
- Lolitacommunity, 19 mi
- Midfieldcommunity, 20 mi
- Port Lavacacity, 20 mi
- Matagordacommunity, 21 mi
- Vanderbiltcommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Shell Beach
- Bryan Beach60 mi
- Rockport Beach62 mi
- Quarantine Shore69 mi
- Holiday Beach74 mi
- East Shore74 mi
- North Beach88 mi
- Jamaica Beach88 mi
- Palm Beach90 mi