FNUS74 KLIX 151711 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1211 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS....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 6MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1021MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1015MB 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 POSSIBLE... SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM. THIS IS MAINLY FOR CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE EXTREME WESTERN EDGE OF MISSISSIPPI SOUND .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 KBVE 151653Z AUTO 12010KT 6SM -RA FEW004 SCT038 BKN070 24/22 A3012 RMK AO2 P0000 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 151642Z AUTO 13011KT 10SM BKN021 BKN026 BKN031 28/23 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW THRU E METAR KHUM 151550Z 14006KT 6SM BR SCT014 BKN025 26/26 A3009 METAR KMDJ 151240Z AUTO 15021G28KT 9SM BKN100 24/22 A3009 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 151630Z AUTO 14008KT 9SM CLR 28/23 A3009 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 2.10 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.10 AT 10PM CDT. GISL1 1.86 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.03 AT 11PM CDT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........81 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 80 80 80 80 80 RH..............78 76 76 76 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY BUT ROUGH/VERY ROUGH NEAR TSM HRLY RAIN (IN). .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.09/LIX