411 FZUS54 KCRP 240909 CWFCRP COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 409 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES. GMZ200-242145- 409 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS MONDAY ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...AND SEAS UP TO 4 TO 5 FEET. SHOWER ACTIVITY AND WAVE HEIGHTS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR ALOFT FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TUESDAY WILL SEE WINDS BECOMING EASTERLY AND STRENGTHEN TO NEAR 20 KNOTS AS SEAS RISE TO 6-7 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. A STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND A DEEPENING LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WILL LEAD TO A STRONG TO VERY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. DEEPER MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PROVIDE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL WEAKEN BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK UNTIL ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. $$ GMZ235-242145- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- 409 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 .TODAY...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS LATE. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. .TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. .TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAYS CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...EAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...EAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. $$ GMZ230-242145- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- 409 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 .TODAY...NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS LATE. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. .TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAYS CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 20 KNOTS. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SMOOTH. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 KNOTS SHIFTING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SMOOTH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...EAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. $$ GMZ250-255-242145- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- 409 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 .TODAY...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. .TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. .FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. $$ GMZ270-275-242145- 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- 409 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION... .TODAY...NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. .TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KNOTS. SEAS 9 TO 12 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KNOTS DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. .FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. $$ IB/TMT