Weather
Wednesday’s Surf Report and Outlook
On Wednesday, May 16th, the surf is totally flat, with continued flatness forecasted. Winds are out of the north and will remain light thru the weekend according to the forecast anyway… Water temp has reached the magic 80 degrees. ALOHA from Surf Specialties.
Mild temperatures and a slight chance of showers to linger today, but warm, dry weather in the picture for the end of the week and the weekend
An upper-level low over East Texas will move out of the state today, mostly ending our rain chances, though a few afternoon showers will be possible. Upper-level high pressure will build into the area tomorrow leading to warmer temperatures and dry conditions. This morning’s surface weather map shows high pressure over west central Texas. An [...]
A chance of thundershowers today, but dry, warm weather likely from Thursday through Saturday
An upper-level trough and disturbance moving across Texas will produce showers and thunderstorms today, though the best chances for rain will be west and north of the Galveston area. Rain chances should begin to diminish by tomorrow as the system tracks off to the northeast. This morning’s surface weather map shows a stalled frontal boundary [...]
Sunny to partly cloudy skies to continue, but rain chances to creep back into our picture
The week will begin with sunny skies as relatively dry air continues flow into southeast Texas behind a cold front. Rain chances and clouds, however, will begin to creep back into our picture later today and tomorrow as an upper-level disturbance tracks southeast into Texas from New Mexico and low-level moisture begins to increase. This [...]
Partly cloudy skies with warm days and mild to cool nights to prevail for the next couple of days
The upper-low that brought heavy rain to Texas has weakened to a trough and moved east, while drier and slightly cooler air has moved into the area behind a cold front. This will bring us a couple of days with partly cloudy skies, warm days and cool to mild nights. This morning’s surface weather map [...]
Saturday Surf Report
On Saturday, May 12th, the surf is ridable and breaking knee to thigh high. We have a WNW wind blowing 20 knots+. The wave form is fair to good and water temperature is 79 degrees. The weather is a factor this morning due to numerous lightening strikes just offshore. Be careful and exit the water [...]
Thunderstorms this morning, but partly cloudy skies and mild to warm temperatures to prevail this afternoon and Sunday
A stalled frontal boundary over southeast Texas and an upper-level low over north Texas is bringing another round of thunderstorms to the Galveston area this morning. The storms should move east out of the area later this morning with partly cloudy skies prevailing. A chance of rain will linger today as the upper-low slowly moves [...]
Storms to move out of the area this morning, but more expected later today
An upper-level low tracking slowly east-northeast across Texas has brought a line of strong thunderstorms through the area overnight. The rain should push off to the east, giving us a break in the weather for mid-day, but another round of storms is likely this afternoon and evening as an upper-level disturbance moves through on the [...]
Heavy rains possible as storm system moves east into Texas:Flash Flood Watch issued for Galveston County
UPDATE: 4:00 PM-A Flash Flood Watch has been issued by the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service for Galveston County from 1 am Friday morning through Friday afternoon. The noon GFS model run called for a total of 4.09″ of rain in Galveston between later today when the first rains move into the area until Saturday when [...]
Thursday’s Surf Report-Starting to Build
On Thursday, May 10th, the surf is still flat, but a strong east wind is starting to chop the surf up. The surf should build over the next 2 days. It looks promising to be ridable by tomorrow. Water temperature is 79 degrees and skies are sunny at the moment. A light NE front is forecasted [...]
