FNUS74 KLIX 151331 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 831 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK BOUNDARY IS DRAPED ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND NE TOWARDS MEMPHIS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WERE NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN LA AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LA. ALSO A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ESE OFF THE CENTRAL TX COAST. A 8MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1022MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1014MB PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1019MB. .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... TWO 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 IN ONE WARNING AND BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH SHIP SHOAL AREAS IN THE OTHER WARNING) .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 151251Z AUTO 12007KT 7SM OVC060 25/23 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02500228 TSNO METAR KGAO 151302Z AUTO 10011G15KT 10SM VCTS BKN001 27/23 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SW AND NW METAR KHUM 151250Z 13003KT 6SM BR SCT030 BKN090 26/26 A3010 METAR KMDJ 151240Z AUTO 15021G28KT 9SM BKN100 24/22 A3009 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 151250Z AUTO 13013G18KT 2 1/2SM HZ FEW018 SCT049 BKN055 26/24 A3009 RMK A01 .RADAR... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TOWARDS TERREBONNE AND TIMBALIER BAY AND SOUTHWEST PASS AT 20 KTS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE RATHER STRONG WITH WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS...FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING...AND EVEN A FEW WATERSPOUTS IN ADDITION THESE STORMS WILL LOCALLY PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE MORNING AND MOVE TOWARDS THE PORT FOURCHON AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.22 FT AND RISING...PROJECTED HIGH TIDE 2.30 FT AT 9AM CDT GISL1 1.73 FT AND RISING...PROJECTED HIGH TIDE 1.86 FT AT 11AM CDT .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........78 78 78 78 81 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............78 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 RH..............83 81 79 78 78 76 76 76 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY BUT ROUGH/VERY ROUGH NEAR TSM.... HRLY RAIN (IN). .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.......40 80 80 80 80 80 HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.83 0.83 0.83 0.830 0.83 0.83 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100515.PORTF.05/LIX