FNUS74 KLIX 151822 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 122 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 NORTH ALONG THE OK/AR BORDER. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN LA...SOUTHERN MS...AND ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS. A 5MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1022MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1017MB PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1018MB .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 151753Z AUTO 05005KT 4SM -RA BR BKN016 BKN028 OVC080 23/22 A3010 RMK AO2 P0000 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 151742Z AUTO 17009G14KT 10SM BKN015 OVC021 27/23 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N THRU E METAR KHUM 151650Z 17006KT 6SM BR SCT010 BKN020 28/27 A3007 METAR KMDJ MISSING. METAR KDLP 151750Z AUTO 15009G17KT 8SM SCT016 SCT024 SCT065 29/25 A3007 RMK A0 .RADAR... A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REMAIN SITUATED NORTH/SOUTH RIGHT OVER BRETON/CHANDELEUR SOUND FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA NORTH INTO GULFPORT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. ALSO WATERSPOUTS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY WITH ANY DEVELOPING STORM NEAR THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LINE. FURTHER WEST ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LA COAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND STREAM TO THE NORTH. THESE STORMS ARE A TAD WEAKER BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE MODERATE RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHER ACTIVITY TO WATCH IS A VERY LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OFF THE TX COAST. THIS COULD CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.68 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.11 AT 10PM CDT. GISL1 1.84 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.00 AT 11PM CDT. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 80 80 80 80 RH..............76 76 76 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 20 19 19 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY BUT ROUGH NEAR TSM HRLY RAIN (IN). .20 .20 .20 .20 .22 .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 8 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 15 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............4 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.10/LIX