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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 11, 2017 Wednesday
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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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hurricane Season // June 1 through November 30 // Be Prepared
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston // Open to all vessel traffic
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The Houston Ship Channel is open 24/7 with draft and other restrictions;
-Entrance Channel to Baytown Highlines - maximum 42';
-Baytown Highlines to Shell - maximum 41';
-Shell to Houston Cement West - maximum 40';
-Houston Cement West to Sidney Sherman Bridge - maximum 36'
-The Houston Ship channel above the Sidney Sherman Bridge is open daylight only to one-way traffic for all vessels as limited by 90' beam/33' draft with prior coordination
between Houston Pilots Association and VTS Houston/Galveston, and 24/7 for single tows as coordinated with VTS and the diving supervisor on SW Shipyard drydock salvage project.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Freeport // Open to all vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA HOUSTON
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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 80° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 59%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.13 in / 1020.6 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 52° F
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Fair and Breezy
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 71° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 82° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 71%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.12 in / 1020.0 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 61° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind N 22 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday
Fair
<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 80° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 63%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.13 in / 1020.3 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 54° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind N 15 mph
oday: <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Mostly
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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72.
Saturday: Isolated showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night: Isolated showers before 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
Monday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
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Today: <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 82. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 76. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Isolated showers after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Isolated showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night: Isolated showers after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
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Today: <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Isolated showers before 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: Isolated showers after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night: Isolated showers after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.
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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;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MARSEC LEVEL 1
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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) @ 0852 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.4 ft Steady = 46’04”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.0 ft Steady = 47’00”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.2 ft Steady = 47’02”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pier 21
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.2 ft Falling = 47’02”
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 0852 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">11 knots from N, gusts to 16 knots
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">highest 10 percent of the waves.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">GMZ300-112230-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Synopsis for High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">439 AM CDT Wed Oct 11 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Northerly winds will gradually diminish after sunrise. Lighter
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">offshore winds tonight and Thursday. Light east to northeast
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">winds are expected to become established by the end of the work
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">GMZ335-112230-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">439 AM CDT Wed Oct 11 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...Small Craft Should Exercise Caution after 7 am...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TODAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots decreasing to around 10 knots
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">by early afternoon. Bay waters choppy to rough becoming slightly
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">choppy by late morning becoming smooth in the afternoon.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TONIGHT and THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots becoming east
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">after midnight. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots becoming east in the
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">afternoon. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. Isolated
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">smooth. Isolated showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers and thunderstorms.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots becoming north after
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">midnight. Bay waters smooth. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">GMZ330-112230-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TODAY...North winds AROUND 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 to 15
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">knots BY LATE MORNING. Bay waters CHOPPY TO ROUGH BECOMING slightly
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">choppy.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers in the morning.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers in the morning, then scattered showers in the
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">smooth. Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers and thunderstorms.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast 10 to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">15 knots after midnight. Bay waters smooth becoming slightly
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">choppy after midnight. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">GMZ355-112230-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport out 20 NM-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TODAY...Northeast winds NEAR 20 knots becoming north 10 to 15
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">2 feet. Isolated showers in the morning.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated showers
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers and thunderstorms.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast after
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Coastal waters from Freeport to the Matagorda Ship Channel out
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TODAY...Northeast winds NEAR 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 3 feet
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">in the afternoon.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">feet. Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Isolated
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers in the morning, then scattered showers in the
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">3 feet. Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers and thunderstorms.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast 10 to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 feet. Isolated showers and
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">GMZ370-375-112230-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Waters from Freeport to the Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">60 NM-Waters from High Island to Freeport from 20 to 60 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">439 AM CDT Wed Oct 11 2017
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TODAY...Northeast winds NEAR 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 TO 6 feet DIMINISHING TO 3 TO 4
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers in the morning, then scattered showers in the afternoon.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers after midnight.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Isolated
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">showers and thunderstorms.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
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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">Power Lines
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<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">
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<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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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">Galveston Texas City Pilots
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