Freeport

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Tuesday              December 23, 2014

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Ship Channel <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is open to all traffic since 1030/23rd December

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/18

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1510     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1555     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/23

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0035     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0930     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound traffic only

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1030     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston/Texas City <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is open to all traffic since 0935/06th December

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0113     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1200     Pilots will resume boarding vessels

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Freeport <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is closed to all traffic since 0600/23rd December

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0600     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Line rain

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently     56° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           62° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     97%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.64 in / 1004.1 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint   55° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility     10 miles

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind N 15 mph

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS IN EFFECT

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SHORT TERM FORECAST IS IN EFFECT<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">60% chance showers and thunderstorms after noon, mostly cloudy. 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 10 - 15 mph, gusts up to 20 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night         

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy, 20% chance showers before midnight

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 40° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 10 – 15 mph, gusts up to 20 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thunderstorms in vicinity, light rain / fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently    63° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           70° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     100%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.60 in / 1002.1 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    63° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility      0.5 miles

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind N 13 mph

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS IN EFFECT<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, Mostly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind Breezy W 10 – 15 mph, becoming N 15 – 20 mph, gusts up to 30 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20% chance of showers before midnight, partly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 44° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 20 – 30 mph, gusts up to 35 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thunderstorms in vicinity, light rain / fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently    61° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           68° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     100%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.78 in / 1008.5 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    57° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility     2 miles

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind N 3 mph

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Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until December 23, 09:00 AM CST

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Areas of fog, mostly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind SW 5 mph, becoming SE

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 44° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 15 -25 mph, gust up to 30 mph

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<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Short Term Forecast SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1007 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>003-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112- 124>126-136>138-149>151-231815- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE... MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA... QUITMAN...GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL... RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE 1007 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   .NOW... THROUGH NOON CST...LOOK FOR AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN TO SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.   $$  

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<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hazardous Weather Outlook HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 944 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   ARZ061-070>073-LAZ001>003-TXZ110>112-124>126-136>138-149>151- 231800- NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER- CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE- RUSK-PANOLA- 944 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.   .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...   PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE REGION LAST NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF TONIGHT.   .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...   NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.   .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...   ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.   $$  

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Weather Outlook<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 723 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   TXZ200-210>214-226-227-235>238-241330- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS- JACKSON-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-WALLER-WHARTON- 723 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.   ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH 9 AM CST...   .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT   DENSE MORNING FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 AM. VISIBILITIES IN FOG COULD BE AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE. CAUTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IF DRIVING WITHIN THIS DENSE FOG SUCH AS LOWERING SPEEDS AND MAINTAINING MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE LEADING VEHICLE. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATTER TODAY WILL STRENGTHEN NORTH WINDS TO NEAR WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.   .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY   ON SATURDAY MORNING...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED CHANCE FOR RETURN FOG DEVELOPMENT JUST AHEAD OF A LATE DAY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.   .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...   $$

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<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hazardous Weather Outlook HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 723 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   TXZ200-210>214-226-227-235>238-241330- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS- JACKSON-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-WALLER-WHARTON- 723 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014   THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.   ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH 9 AM CST...   .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT   DENSE MORNING FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 AM. VISIBILITIES IN FOG COULD BE AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE. CAUTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IF DRIVING WITHIN THIS DENSE FOG SUCH AS LOWERING SPEEDS AND MAINTAINING MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE LEADING VEHICLE. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATTER TODAY WILL STRENGTHEN NORTH WINDS TO NEAR WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.   .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY   ON SATURDAY MORNING...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED CHANCE FOR RETURN FOG DEVELOPMENT JUST AHEAD OF A LATE DAY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.   .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...   $$

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly sunny

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly cloudy, 30% chance of showers before noon

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 54° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 10 - 15 mph, gust up to 20 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly clear

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 37° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 10 15 mph, gusts up to 20 mph

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny,

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 64 ° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 5 - 10 mph, gusts up to 25 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly clear

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 45° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind W 5 - 25 mph, gusts up to 20 mph

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly sunny

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 55° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind Breezy NW 15 - 25 mph, gusts up to 25 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly clear,

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 44° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 5 – 15 mph, gusts up to 20 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 65° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind S 5 - 10 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 52° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 64° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NW 5 - 10 mph, becoming S 10 – 15 mph, gusts up to 20 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 57° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 64° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Low 56° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly sunny, 20% chance showers and thunderstorms

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 70° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy, 30% chance of showers and thunder storms

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20% chance of showers after noon

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 67° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly sunny, 20% chance of showers

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 68° F

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Night

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Partly cloudy, 20% chance of showers

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Outlook

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER THE COOLER SHELF WATERS IS PRODUCING AREAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OF DENSE SEA FOG THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING WITH STRONG

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE STRONG

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CREATE LOW WATER ISSUES IN THE UPPER

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">REACHES OF GALVESTON BAY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

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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">Maximum Deep Drafts - Houston / Galveston Bay

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PORTS NOAA/NOS Water Levels (above MLW) @ 1011 hrs

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.8 ft Falling = 45’08”

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.0 ft Steady = 45’00”

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.2 ft Steady = 45’02”

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 1011 hrs 

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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">NOAA Weather Galveston Bay & Matagorda Bay

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FZUS54 KHGX 231557

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR TEXAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANNEL OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS

<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.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ300-240415-

<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"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<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"">WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER THE COOLER SHELF WATERS IS PRODUCING AREAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF DENSE SEA FOG THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING WITH STRONG

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE STRONG

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CREATE LOW WATER ISSUES IN THE UPPER

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">REACHES OF GALVESTON BAY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ335-240415-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GALVESTON BAY-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING 15 TO 20 KNOTS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS CHOPPY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">EVENING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS CHOPPY BECOMING SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST

<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.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST

<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. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ355-240415-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO 7 FEET. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A SLIGHT

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A CHANCE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-240415-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LATE TONIGHT...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING WEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 TO 30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 7 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 14 FEET. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 13 FEET SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">8 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS UP TO 7 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH AFTER

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-240415-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MATAGORDA BAY-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BECOMING CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS CHOPPY BECOMING SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS CHOPPY BECOMING SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAY WATERS CHOPPY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST

<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. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-240415-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 TO 30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">3 TO 5 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO 7 FEET. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 7 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET AFTER

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A SLIGHT

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTH 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. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ375-240415-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">957 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TONIGHT...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 20 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 6 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">8 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS DECREASING TO 20 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 14 FEET. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 13 FEET SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS UP TO 7 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTH 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 IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

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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 Oiltanking

<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 Barbours 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

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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">

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<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,

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;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

http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">

http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation.aspx<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Pilots Association

http://www.houston-pilots.com/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">Galveston Texas City Pilots

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brazos Harbor Pilots

www.brazospilots.com

 

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