Forecast and Conditions for Matagorda, Texas

Updated: 8:53 AM CDT on July 24, 2008 Observed at Palacios, Texas
Temperature	83 °F / 28 °C
Humidity	79%
Dew Point	76 °F / 24 °C
Wind	SE at 15 mph / 24 km/h
Pressure	29.91 in / 1013 hPa (Rising)
Conditions	Clear
Visibility	10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
Clouds	Clear (CLR) : -
Yesterday's Maximum	89 °F / 32 °C
Yesterday's Minimum	73 °F / 23 °C
Normal high	90 °F / 32 °C
Normal low	76 °F / 24 °C
Record high	97 °F / 36 °C (1981)
Record low	71 °F / 21 °C (2007)
Sunrise	06:40 AM (CDT)
Sunset	08:19 PM (CDT)
Moon Rise	No Moon Rise
Moon Set	12:40 PM (CDT)
Moon Phase

Tornado Watch Statement as of 9:03 am CDT on July 24, 2008

Tornado Watch 744 remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for the
following locations

TX
. Texas counties included are

Aransas Atascosa Bandera
Bee Bexar Caldwell
Calhoun Colorado Comal
DeWitt Dimmit Duval
Fayette frio Goliad
Gonzales Guadalupe Jackson
Jim Wells Karnes Kleberg
La Salle Lavaca Live Oak
McMullen Matagorda Maverick
Medina Nueces Refugio
San Patricio Uvalde Victoria
Webb Wharton Wilson
Zavala

Forecast as of 6:20 am CDT on July 24, 2008

Now
Through 930 am...outer rainbands associated with Dolly will continue moving northward through the region. Brief heavy rains and wind gusts to 25 mph are possible in the stronger cells within the bands.

Forecast as of 4:30 am CDT on July 24, 2008

	Today Showers likely and isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph inland...southeast 15 to 25 mph coast. Chance of rain 70 percent in the morning increasing to 80 percent in the afternoon.
	Tonight Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
	Friday Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s inland...in the upper 80s coast. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
	Friday Night Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s inland... in the upper 70s coast. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
	Saturday Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s inland...around 90 coast. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
	Saturday Night Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s inland...in the upper 70s coast.
	Sunday Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s inland...in the lower 90s coast.
	Sunday Night and Monday Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s inland...in the upper 70s coast. Highs in the upper 90s inland... in the lower 90s coast.
	Monday Night through Wednesday Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s inland... in the upper 70s coast. Highs in the mid 90s inland...around 90 coast.