FNUS74 KLIX 151606 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1106 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 LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A 7MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1022MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1015MB PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1019MB 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 POSSIBLE... .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 151551Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM SCT065 BKN080 25/22 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02500222 TSNO METAR KGAO 151542Z AUTO 11010G15KT 10SM SCT015 BKN025 27/23 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W THRU E METAR KHUM 151450Z 16006KT 6SM TSRA SCT014 BKN040 24/24 A3010 RMK TSB50 TS NW MOVG NE METAR KMDJ 151240Z AUTO 15021G28KT 9SM BKN100 24/22 A3009 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 151530Z AUTO 15009G17KT 9SM CLR 28/23 A3008 RMK A01 .RADAR... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INLAND AND OUT OF TERREBONNE PARISH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS AND MOVE TOWARDS THE PORT FOURCHON AREA. CURRENTLY A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAQUEMINES AND EASTERN ST. BERNARD PARISHES AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS ALONG WITH GENERATING LOCALLY VERY ROUGH SEAS AND EVEN A FEW WATER SPOUTS .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.23 FT AND STEADY...HIGH TIDE OCCURRING. GISL1 1.91 FT AND STEADY...HIGH TIDE OCCURRING. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........78 81 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 80 80 80 80 80 80 RH..............78 78 76 76 76 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............4 4 4 4 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY BUT ROUGH/VERY ROUGH NEAR TSM. HRLY RAIN (IN)...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.08/LIX