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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February 18, 2017 Saturday
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston // Open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recent closures on HSC due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/02
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0735 Pilots suspended boarding inbound vessels due to fog / Outbound traffic remain on schedule.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0817 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/05
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2135 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/06
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1215 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessel traffic only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1655 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/07
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1010 Pilots resumed boarding inbound and shifting traffic // Outbound traffic remains suspended
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1815 Pilots suspended boarding inbound vessels and outbound remains closed due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/08
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0930 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessel traffic only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1245 Pilots resumed boarding outbound traffic and remains boarding inbound traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/11
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0100 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1000 Pilots resumed boarding outbound and shifting vessel traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1700 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/12
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1100 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessel traffic only
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2342 Pilots suspended board inbound traffic and outbound traffic remains suspended due to fog
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">02/13
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1200 Pilots resumed boarding outbound traffic only
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2110 Pilots suspended boarding outbound traffic and remains suspended to inbound traffic due to fog
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">02/14
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">0815 Pilots resumed boarding outbound and shifting vessel traffic
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1030 Pilots resumed boarding inbound traffic // Open to all vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston / Texas City // Open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Freeport // Open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA HOUSTON
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday
Fog
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 63° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 82° F
Wind Chill NR<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 87%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.82 in / 1010.4 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 62 ° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility 0.25 miles
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind S 8 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fog / Mist
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 67° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 72° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 97° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.84 in / 1010.6 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 66° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility 5 miles
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind S 8 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday
Partly Cloudy
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 67° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 75° F
Wind Chill NR<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 97° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.83 in / 1010.2 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 66° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility 10 miles
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind S 5 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind around 10 mph.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 67. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Washington's Birthday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. High near 74. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Areas of fog. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 72. South wind around 10 mph.
Tonight: Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Areas of fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 1am, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1am. Areas of fog before 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around
65. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Washington's Birthday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. High near 69. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Areas of fog. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Areas of fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind around 10 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Areas of fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog before midnight. Low around 66. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Washington's Birthday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. High near 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
421 AM CST Sat Feb 18 2017
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-191030-
Austin-Brazoria-Brazos-Burleson-Chambers-Colorado-Fort Bend-
Galveston-Grimes-Harris-Houston-Jackson-Liberty-Madison-Matagorda-
Montgomery-Polk-San Jacinto-Trinity-Walker-Waller-Washington-
Wharton-
421 AM CST Sat Feb 18 2017
This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas..
.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight
Areas of fog...some locally dense...will persist through mid
morning. Visibility may fall to below a 1/2 mile at times.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday
A strong storm system will approach the area Sunday. This system
will bring periods of showers and thunderstorms. A few storms
could become strong Sunday afternoon...mainly west of a
Madisonville to Wharton line. Thunderstorms will become more
numerous Sunday night into Monday and some of the rain could be
heavy late Sunday night into Monday morning.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation will not be needed.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA Houston/Galveston Weather
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA USGULF Offshore Waters Weather
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maximum Deep Drafts - Houston / Galveston Bay
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PORTS NOAA/NOS Water Levels (above MLLW) @ 0752 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.5 ft Steady = 45’05”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.9 ft Rising = 45’09”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.2 ft Steady = 46’02”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pier 21
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.2 ft Steady = 46’02”
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 0752 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2 knots from SSW, gusts to 4 knots
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9 knots from SW, gusts to 12 knots
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
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<span-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">NOAA Weather Galveston Bay & Matagorda Bay
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FZUS54 KHGX 181306
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS ARE PROVIDED AS A RANGE OF THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1/3 OF THE WAVES...ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL HEIGHT OF THE AVERAGE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">HIGHEST 10 PERCENT OF THE WAVES.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ300-190215-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">706 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">INCREASING SURFACE MOISTURE LEVELS OVER THE COOLER CONTINENTAL SHELF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS NEAR THE COAST IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SEA FOG FORMATION
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH FOG FORMATION IS POSSIBLE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY, INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS WILL THEN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BRING MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THIS WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST CAUTION CONDITIONS OVER THE GULF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH ADVISORY CONDITIONS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">POSSIBLE OVER AT LEAST THE OFFSHORE WATERS. A STORM SYSTEM WILL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MOVE ACROSS TEXAS AND THE MARINE AREAS WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A COLD FRONT IS THEN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">EXPECTED TO PUSH OFF OF THE COAST LATE MONDAY.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ335-190215-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">706 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING, THEN PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. AREAS OF FOG.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. AREAS OF FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY. THUNDERSTORMS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 5 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-190215-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">706 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING, THEN PATCHY FOG
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. AREAS OF FOG.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-355-190215-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">706 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PATCHY FOG.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-190215-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">706 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">7 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
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Port of Houston Authority
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ACOE Project Depth for Houston Ship Channel
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">45 feet/13.72 meters up to Shell / Enterprise
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 feet/12.19 meters up to S.P. Slip
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">36 feet/10.97 meters to the Turning Basin
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 feet/12.19 meters Barbour’s Cut Channel
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 feet/12.19 meters Bayport Channel
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note the above information is based on the Corp of Engineers – Project draft for the Houston Ship Channel, if you have a question
regarding deep draft in Houston Ship Channel or alongside a berth, please contact our operations department
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">HSC Air Drafts Restrictions
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fred Hartman
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jesse Jones
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sidney Sherman
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (Morgan’s Point)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (below Fred Hartman Bridge – Baytown)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">175' (Baytown/LaPorte Bridge)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (Battleship Texas)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">175' (Beltway 8 Bridge)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (Power Plant)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">135' (Loop 610 Bridge)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Air drafts clearances are based on MHW // Vessels should allow an additional 10 feet clearance for the Power Lines
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Texas City
http://www.tctrr.com/<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Texas City Ship Channel is approximately 11 miles from GB Buoy
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ACOE project draft for the TXCSC is 45’00 FW at MLT from the GB BUOY to Valero Dock # 42, the channel above project draft is
40’00 FW at MLT. The length on the final approach from the Houston, Galveston, Texas City tri-channel split is approximately 6 miles, the width is approximately a 400 ft bottom, the Turning Basin is approximately 4,200 ft long and 1,200 ft wide with a maximum
deep draft of 45 ft FW at MLT, and is navigable day or night with no air draft restrictions. Only TX City Docks with 45’00” maximum deep draft at MLT are TC # 11, 12, 41, & 42
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Galveston
http://www.portofgalveston.com/<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">The Galveston Ship Channel is approximately miles from GB Buoy
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">The ACOE project draft for the GSC is 45’00” FW. The narrowest point is approximately 1,200 ft wide with no air draft restrictions.
At the POGA berths the maximum deep draft varies from 32’00” to 40’00” at MLT,
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Freeport is located three miles from deep water, the channel is 400 ft wide and ACOE project maximum deep draft at MLW is
45’00”.
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Army Corp of Engineers
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Pilots
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">Galveston Texas City Pilots
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