<span-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presently conditions in Ports of: Freeport, Texas City, and Houston are open without restrictions due to Tropical Disturbance # 1
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<span-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">USCG COTP Corpus Christi Sector posted MSIB-02-17 at 1300/22nd August and set Hurricane Condition III / Port Condition WHISKY for Ports of Brownsville, Corpus Christi
and Victoria
NSIB-02-17 pdf attached
Port Conditions The four Port Conditions are:
• WHISKEY: Gale force winds associated with tropical cyclone activity are expected to arrive at the port within 72 hours.
• X-RAY: Gale force winds associated with tropical cyclone activity are expected to arrive at the port within 48 hours.
• YANKEE: Gale force winds from a hurricane force storm are expected to arrive at the port within 24 hours.
• ZULU: Gale force winds from a hurricane force storm are expected to arrive at the port within 12 hours
We will update Tropical Disturbance Conditions for the Ports of Houston, Galveston/Texas City and Freeport when USCG Houston/Texas City Sector issues a MSIB for the approaching Disturbance or significant changes in the disturbance
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">800 AM EDT Wed Aug 23 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">1. Satellite images, reconnaissance data and surface observations
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">indicate that the remnants of Harvey are close to redeveloping into
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">a tropical depression over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico about 150
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">miles west of Merida, Mexico. Advisories will likely be re-initiated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">at 10 am CDT on this system. The low is forecast to move to the
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">northwest at about 10 mph across the western Gulf of Mexico,
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">possibly reaching the northwestern Gulf coast late Friday. This
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">system is likely to slow down once it reaches the coast, increasing
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">the threat of a prolonged period of heavy rainfall and flooding
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">across portions of Texas and Louisiana into early next week. Harvey
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">could also produce storm surge and tropical storm or hurricane force
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">winds along portions of the Texas coast later this week, and
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Tropical Storm or Hurricane Watches could be required later today
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">for portions of the coast of northeastern Mexico, Texas, and
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">southwestern Louisiana. Interests in these areas should monitor the
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">progress of this system and refer to products issued by your local
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">National Weather Service office for more information.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">* Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">2. An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms stretching across
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">the Bahamas, southern Florida, and the adjacent waters is associated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">with a trough of low pressure. Any development of this system
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">during the next few days should be slow to occur while it drifts
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">northward over Florida and the adjacent waters. Environmental
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">conditions could become a little more conducive for tropical or
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">subtropical development over the weekend when the system begins to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">move northeastward over the western Atlantic. Regardless of
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">development, very heavy rain and flooding is possible over portions
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">of the Florida peninsula during the next few days. Please refer to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">products from your local National Weather Service office for more
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">information on this system.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Forecaster Blake
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