FNUS74 KLIX 151231 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 731 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT HAS STARTED TO REALLY SLOW DOWN ACROSS TEXAS. A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE OF TSTMS WAS MOVING NE 12 KT ACROSS CENTRAL LA. A 10MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1022MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1012MB PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1018MB AND STEADY. .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... SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR MAINLY FOR WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... (THIS INCLUDES THE WEST DELTA...SOUTH PASS...WEST DELTA SOUTH ADDITION...AND SOUTH PASS SOUTH ADDITION LEASE AREAS) .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 METAR KBVE 151151Z AUTO 11006KT 6SM BR CLR 24/22 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02390222 10239 20228 53001 TSNO METAR KGAO 151202Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM BKN001 25/23 A3010 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 151150Z 15003KT 6SM BR SCT016 BKN060 24/24 A3009 METAR KMDJ 151155Z AUTO 15025G36KT 9SM SCT021 BKN032 OVC060 25/21 A3010 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 151150Z AUTO 3SM BR FEW060 SCT080 SCT100 25/24 A3010 RMK A01 .RADAR... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TOWARDS TERREBONNE AND TIMBALIER BAY. ANOTHER LARGER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35KTS MOVING TO THE NNW AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM 36 MILES SE OF PORT FOURCHON. IT IS ALSO LIKELY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 KTS ALONG WITH GENERATING LOCALLY VERY ROUGH SEAS. THE SQUALLINE NOW OVER CENTRAL LA IS MOVING TO THE NE AROUND 15 MPH. THIS SQUALLINE THAT HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST ACROSS SWRN LA HAS BEEN LIFTING MORE TO THE NE AND THE SOUTHERN EDGE HAS ALL BUT DISSIPATED. ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN PRODUCING FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND COULD BRING ABOUT WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KTS AND EVEN A FEW WATER SPOUTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.10 FT AND RISING...PROJECTED HIGH TIDE 2.19 FT AT 9AM CDT GISL1 1.62 FT AND RISING...PROJECTED HIGH TIDE 1.85 FT AT 11AM CDT .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........78 78 78 78 78 81 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............78 78 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 RH..............89 86 81 79 79 79 76 76 76 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY BUT ROUGH/VERY ROUGH NEAR TSM....... HRLY RAIN (IN). .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .35 .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................................... HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 .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.......CHOPPY................................... HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100515.PORTF.04/LIX