FNUS74 KLIX 150911 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 411 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING E 25 KT ACROSS E TEXAS. A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE OF TSTMS WAS MOVING E 25 KT ALONG THE LA COAST NEAR CAMERON. A 7MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1021MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1014MB AND FALLING PRESSURE ALONG THE CD FRONT ON THE TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1017MB AND FALLING. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS EXPECTED TODAY. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS EXPECTED SUNDAY. ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS... AT 307 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS 25 TO 33 KNOTS... FROM 14 NM SOUTH OF TERREBONNE BAY TO 38 NM SOUTHEAST OF ISLE DERNIERS... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... OVER ISLE DERNIERS AT 510 AM CDT... MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES... AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...K9F2 - FOURCHON LA ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W SPECI K9F2 MISG METAR KBVE 150851Z AUTO 08003KT 5SM BR FEW019 23/22 A3010 METAR KGAO 150842Z AUTO 09010KT 10SM SCT001 BKN034 OVC040 25/23 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S METAR KHUM 150840Z AUTO 7SM SCT060 24/24 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND W METAR KMDJ 150835Z AUTO 13015KT 9SM SCT044 SCT050 SCT060 25/24 A3009 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 150830Z AUTO 5SM BR CLR 25/24 A3008 .RADAR... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ADVANCING NORTH 10KT TOWARDS TERREBONNE BAY AND ISLE DERNIERES. MORE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE COASTAL WATER FROM BEYOND 60NM OF THE COAST. MEANWHILE...A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CAMERON LA TO 100NM S OF CAMERON...MOVING E 25KT. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS 25 TO 35 KT AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. WATERSPOUTS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING STORMS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.38 FT; RISING...PROJECTED HIGH TIDE 2.11 FT AT 854 AM CDT GISL1 0.94 FT; RISING...PROJECTED HIGH TIDE 1.78 FT AT 1056 AM CDT .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........M 56 78 78 78 78 78 78 81 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....M SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 76 76 77 78 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 RH..............M 89 89 89 86 81 79 79 79 76 76 76 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..M SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..M 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.M 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............M 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY................................................. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........81 88 88 88 75 75 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 77 77 76 76 75 RH..............79 85 86 87 88 89 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY................................. .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........75 80 80 80 85 85 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............75 76 78 80 81 81 RH..............91 88 79 76 74 74 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LT CHOP............................... $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS/24 REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100515.PORTF.01/LIX