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Freeport

28.950°, -95.360° · tides: Old Brazos River, Freeport

⚠ Wind Advisory · until Mon 3:00 PM

* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Jackson, Inland Jackson, Chambers, Coastal Brazoria, Coastal Galveston, Coastal Harris, Coastal Matagorda, Inland Brazoria, Inland Galveston, and Inland Matagorda Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM Sunday to 3 PM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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Today

Overnight: Low 65° · 56% rain

A chance of rain showers before 3am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 68 overnight. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: High 70° · 100% rain

Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Sunrise / sunset
6:44 AM / 5:27 PM
Moonrise / moonset
12:01 PM / 10:43 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 30%
Major period
3:55 AM–5:55 AM
Minor period
11:31 AM–12:31 PM
Major period
4:25 PM–6:25 PM
Minor period
10:13 PM–11:13 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sun, Nov 156 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 166 AM12 PM6 PMTue, Nov 17clouds81% cloud cover89% cloud cover92% cloud cover86% cloud cover87% cloud cover79% cloud cover82% cloud cover84% cloud cover82% cloud cover78% cloud cover79% cloud cover74% cloud cover76% cloud cover82% cloud cover85% cloud cover84% cloud cover90% cloud cover81% cloud cover84% cloud cover72% cloud cover75% cloud cover76% cloud cover84% cloud cover82% cloud cover90% cloud cover88% cloud cover91% cloud cover90% cloud cover89% cloud cover89% cloud cover90% cloud cover84% cloud cover78% cloud cover75% cloud cover75% cloud cover78% cloud cover79% cloud cover79% cloud cover72% cloud cover74% cloud cover79% cloud cover71% cloud cover45% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover50% cloud cover47% cloud cover45% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡50°55°60°65°70°75°67686769686763635958565961615857rain28% chance, 0.02 in33% chance, 0.02 in44% chance, 0.02 in51% chance, 0.02 in56% chance, 0.02 in64% chance, 0.10 in68% chance, 0.10 in64% chance, 0.10 in63% chance, 0.10 in66% chance, 0.10 in59% chance, 0.10 in77% chance, 0.13 in84% chance, 0.13 in91% chance, 0.13 in100% chance, 0.13 in100% chance, 0.13 in83% chance, 0.13 in78% chance, 0.11 in64% chance, 0.11 in50% chance, 0.11 in38% chance, 0.11 in31% chance, 0.11 in31% chance, 0.11 in31% chance, 0.02 in32% chance, 0.02 in36% chance, 0.02 in38% chance, 0.02 in39% chance, 0.02 in34% chance, 0.02 in16% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in28% chance, 0.01 in30% chance, 0.01 in14% chance, 0.01 in2% chance, 0.01 in17% chance13% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance0.100.100.100.130.130.130.110.110.11wind0102030mphESE 15 mph, gusts 26ESE 14 mph, gusts 28ESE 16 mph, gusts 25ESE 14 mph, gusts 22E 14 mph, gusts 21ESE 17 mph, gusts 23ESE 15 mph, gusts 22SE 14 mph, gusts 20E 14 mph, gusts 21NNE 21 mph, gusts 29NE 22 mph, gusts 33ENE 21 mph, gusts 35NE 21 mph, gusts 36NE 21 mph, gusts 36NNE 22 mph, gusts 36NNE 21 mph, gusts 31NE 20 mph, gusts 28NE 20 mph, gusts 28NE 20 mph, gusts 26NE 17 mph, gusts 24NNE 16 mph, gusts 22NNE 15 mph, gusts 22NE 14 mph, gusts 23NE 12 mph, gusts 22
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sun 1 AM67°67°61°81%81%28%0.02"ESE 152610+ mi
Sun 2 AM67°67°62°84%89%33%0.02"ESE 152810+ mi
Sun 3 AM68°68°62°81%92%44%0.02"ESE 142810+ mi⚡
Sun 4 AM68°68°63°84%86%51%0.02"ESE 173210+ mi⚡
Sun 5 AM68°68°63°84%87%56%0.02"ESE 16256.0 mi⚡
Sun 6 AM68°68°64°87%79%64%0.10"ESE 14236.0 mi⚡
Sun 7 AM67°67°65°93%82%68%0.10"ESE 14226.0 mi⚡
Sun 8 AM68°68°66°93%84%64%0.10"ESE 14226.0 mi⚡
Sun 9 AM68°68°67°97%82%63%0.10"E 14216.0 mi⚡
Sun 10 AM69°69°66°90%78%66%0.10"ESE 16236.0 mi⚡
Sun 11 AM69°69°67°93%79%59%0.10"ESE 17235.9 mi⚡
Sun 12 PM69°69°67°93%74%77%0.13"E 16233.9 mi⚡
Sun 1 PM68°68°67°97%76%84%0.13"ESE 15223.9 mi⚡
Sun 2 PM68°68°65°90%82%91%0.13"ESE 16222.9 mi⚡
Sun 3 PM68°68°66°93%85%100%0.13"SE 14202.9 mi⚡
Sun 4 PM67°67°65°93%84%100%0.13"ESE 13182.9 mi⚡
Sun 5 PM65°65°64°97%90%83%0.13"E 14212.9 mi⚡
Sun 6 PM64°64°62°93%81%78%0.11"NE 20263.9 mi⚡
Sun 7 PM63°63°62°97%84%64%0.11"NNE 21294.9 mi⚡
Sun 8 PM63°63°61°93%72%50%0.11"NE 22327.0 mi⚡
Sun 9 PM63°63°60°90%75%38%0.11"NE 22338.0 mi
Sun 10 PM63°63°61°93%76%31%0.11"NE 22358.0 mi
Sun 11 PM62°62°60°93%84%31%0.11"ENE 21357.0 mi
Mon 12 AM60°60°59°96%82%31%0.02"ENE 21357.0 mi
Mon 1 AM59°59°58°96%90%32%0.02"NE 21367.0 mi
Mon 2 AM59°59°57°93%88%36%0.02"NE 21368.0 mi
Mon 3 AM58°58°56°93%91%38%0.02"NE 21369.0 mi
Mon 4 AM58°58°56°93%90%39%0.02"NE 22379.0 mi
Mon 5 AM57°57°55°93%89%34%0.02"NNE 22369.0 mi
Mon 6 AM56°56°55°96%89%16%0.01"NE 203110+ mi
Mon 7 AM56°56°55°96%90%15%0.01"NNE 21317.9 mi
Mon 8 AM56°56°56°100%84%28%0.01"NE 21297.0 mi
Mon 9 AM58°58°58°100%78%30%0.01"NE 20287.0 mi
Mon 10 AM59°59°56°90%75%14%0.01"NE 2128–
Mon 11 AM60°60°55°84%75%2%0.01"NE 2028–
Mon 12 PM60°60°55°84%78%0%–NE 2026–
Mon 1 PM61°61°53°75%79%0%–NE 2026–
Mon 2 PM61°61°53°75%79%0%–NE 2025–
Mon 3 PM62°62°53°72%72%0%–NE 1724–
Mon 4 PM61°61°53°75%74%17%–NE 1723–
Mon 5 PM61°61°53°75%79%13%–NNE 1622–
Mon 6 PM59°59°56°90%71%3%–NNE 1522–
Mon 7 PM58°58°55°90%45%3%–NNE 1522–
Mon 8 PM57°57°54°90%49%3%–NE 1523–
Mon 9 PM57°57°54°90%52%3%–NE 1423–
Mon 10 PM57°57°54°90%50%3%–NE 1323–
Mon 11 PM56°56°54°93%47%3%–NE 1222–
Tue 12 AM56°56°54°93%45%2%–NE 1021–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms

70° / 65°

100% rain · 2.14"

E 13–22 mph · gusts 35

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Chance Rain Showers

62° / 54°

39% rain · 0.18"

NE 12–22 mph · gusts 37

Tue, Nov 17

Mostly Sunny

67° / 60°

4% rain

NE 9–15 mph · gusts 22

Wed, Nov 18

Partly Sunny

73° / 65°

9% rain

E 8–15 mph · gusts 21

Thu, Nov 19

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

74° / 64°

15% rain

E 8–14 mph · gusts 20

Fri, Nov 20

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny

74° / 66°

15% rain

E 7–14 mph · gusts 18

Sat, Nov 21

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

76° / 67°

16% rain

SE 3–10 mph · gusts 16

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: A chance of rain showers before 3am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 68 overnight. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
  • Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. Northeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
  • Monday: A chance of rain showers before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
  • Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
  • Friday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 1211 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2026

Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship
Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda
Bays.

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the
average highest 10 percent of the waves.


GMZ355-151915-
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1211 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail:
East 7 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers, then a
chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. 
.SUNDAY...East winds around 30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet,
occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 8 feet at
7 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 25 to 35 knots, becoming northeast
30 to 35 knots gusting 30 knots after midnight. Seas 7 to 9 feet,
occasionally to 11 feet, building to 8 to 11 feet, occasionally 
to 14 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Southeast 8 feet at 7 
seconds. Showers, mainly in the evening. 
.MONDAY...Northeast winds around 30 knots gusting 40 knots. Seas 
8 to 11 feet, occasionally to 14 feet. A chance of showers in the 
morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave Detail:
Northeast 6 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to around
20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.THURSDAY...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · August 1946

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
21% lit
↑ 10:52 AM
↓ 11:21 PM
★★☆☆c56
2
30% lit
↑ 11:48 AM
↓ 11:51 PM
★★☆☆c42
Moon crosses the equator
3
39% lit
↑ 12:43 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c34
4
49% lit
↑ 1:37 PM
↓ 12:22 AM
★★☆☆c48
First Quarter
5
58% lit
↑ 2:31 PM
↓ 12:54 AM
★☆☆☆c54
6
67% lit
↑ 3:25 PM
↓ 1:28 AM
★★★☆c63
Apogee · 404,462 km
7
76% lit
↑ 4:20 PM
↓ 2:05 AM
★★★★c71
8
83% lit
↑ 5:14 PM
↓ 2:47 AM
★★★★c77
9
90% lit
↑ 6:07 PM
↓ 3:34 AM
★★★★c81
Moon farthest south (-25.3°)
10
95% lit
↑ 6:56 PM
↓ 4:25 AM
★★★★c83
11
98% lit
↑ 7:42 PM
↓ 5:21 AM
★★★★c82
best
12
100% lit
↑ 8:24 PM
↓ 6:19 AM
★★★★c81
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon
best
13
99% lit
↑ 9:02 PM
↓ 7:19 AM
★★★★c77
best
14
96% lit
↑ 9:37 PM
↓ 8:19 AM
★★★★c71
15
91% lit
↑ 10:12 PM
↓ 9:20 AM
★★★★c63
16
84% lit
↑ 10:45 PM
↓ 10:20 AM
★★☆☆c52
Moon crosses the equator
17
75% lit
↑ 11:20 PM
↓ 11:21 AM
★★☆☆c39
18
65% lit
↑ 11:57 PM
↓ 12:24 PM
★★★☆c50
19
54% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:28 PM
★★★☆c72
Last Quarter
20
43% lit
↑ 12:38 AM
↓ 2:35 PM
★☆☆☆c79
21
32% lit
↑ 1:25 AM
↓ 3:42 PM
★★★★c89
22
21% lit
↑ 2:19 AM
↓ 4:46 PM
★★★★c94
Perigee · 368,509 km
Moon farthest north (24.8°)
23
13% lit
↑ 3:19 AM
↓ 5:47 PM
★★★★c97
24
6% lit
↑ 4:23 AM
↓ 6:40 PM
★★★★c95
25
2% lit
↑ 5:29 AM
↓ 7:27 PM
★★★★c92
26
0% lit
↑ 6:35 AM
↓ 8:08 PM
★★★★c84
New Moon
best
27
1% lit
↑ 7:37 AM
↓ 8:45 PM
★★★★c73
best
28
4% lit
↑ 8:38 AM
↓ 9:18 PM
★★★★c61
29
9% lit
↑ 9:35 AM
↓ 9:49 PM
★★☆☆c49
Moon crosses the equator
30
16% lit
↑ 10:31 AM
↓ 10:20 PM
★★☆☆c37
31
24% lit
↑ 11:26 AM
↓ 10:52 PM
★★☆☆c41

Lunar events this month

  • Fri, Aug 2 · 4:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sun, Aug 4 · 3:55 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Aug 6 · 7:00 PM — Apogee · 404,462 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Fri, Aug 9 · 6:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-25.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Aug 12 · 5:26 PM — Full Moon · Sturgeon MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, Aug 16 · 3:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, Aug 19 · 8:17 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Aug 22 · 5:00 AM — Perigee · 368,509 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Aug 22 · 8:00 PM — Moon farthest north (24.8°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Aug 26 · 4:07 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Aug 29 · 12:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.

Best fishing days

Sun, Aug 11 · Mon, Aug 12 · Tue, Aug 13 · Mon, Aug 26 · Tue, Aug 27

Ranked by moon phase and tidal range at the nearest tide station (the stars). Wind and fronts can override the moon.

Moon distance

368,540 km closest · 404,408 km farthest

Reading the calendar: ↑ moonrise and ↓ moonset are local times. Stars are the solunar rating; “c” is the tide coefficient (20–120). Moon overhead and underfoot times are the major feeding periods, and moonrise and moonset are the minor ones; see each day on the tide pages.
Tide chart for Old Brazos River, FreeportSurf report: Quintana & Bryan BeachOffshore conditionsLive cams

Forecasts, alerts and marine forecasts: National Weather Service. Current conditions: NWS observations and NOAA tide-station sensors. Map stations: Iowa Environmental Mesonet (airports), NOAA CO-OPS, NOAA NDBC. Radar: NEXRAD via IEM. Satellite: GOES-East via NASA GIBS. Tropical: National Hurricane Center. Moon and sun times are calculated for this location. Forecast grid updated Sun 12:21 AM.