FNUS74 KLIX 152306 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 606 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM E TX TO MID-TN VALLEY. SCT SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS CONTINUE OVER SE LA...SOUTHERN MS...AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS. DEEP FETCHED SE FLOW FROM CUBA PREVAILS INTO THE N-CNTRL GLFMEX COAST. A 8MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1020MB W OF TAMPA BAY FL...1012MB ALONG THE LWR TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1017MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS EXPECTED SUNDAY. ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS MAINLY WELL S AND W OF SPOT LOCATION... .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 K9F2 MISG METAR KBVE 152251Z AUTO 13007KT 7SM FEW020 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02610233 TSNO METAR KGAO 152242Z AUTO 13012G17KT 10SM SCT001 BKN018 BKN027 28/24 A3001 RMK AO2 P0001 LTG DSNT NE AND NW METAR KHUM 152150Z 15010KT 7SM SCT020 BKN030 28/23 A3000 METAR KMDJ MISG METAR KDLP 152230Z AUTO 14009G16KT 8SM BKN015 BKN025 BKN041 28/25 A3001 .RADAR... A CLUSTER OF SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS WAS OVER THE BILOXI MARSH AND INTO ERN BARATARIA BAY...MOVG N 18KT. SCT TSTMS WERE INTENSIFYING 60 TO 100NM S OF THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER...MOVG NNW 18KT. SOME ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS...POSSIBLY PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS. A SQUALL LINE OF TSTMS EXTNDD FROM MARSH ISLAND TO 25N 93.5W...MOVG E 25KT. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONT TO MOVE E INTO VCNTY TERREBONNE BAY BY 10 PM. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.55 FT; FALLING...PROJECTED LOW TIDE 0.11 FT AT 1011 PM CDT GISL1 0.59 FT; FALLING...PROJECTED LOW TIDE 0.08 FT AT 955 PM CDT .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........60 60 63 68 68 71 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 78 77 76 76 75 RH..............79 86 87 88 89 91 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............4 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY................................. .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........71 75 74 74 74 72 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............75 76 78 79 80 80 RH..............91 88 80 78 75 75 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 6 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 50 50 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LIGHT CHOP.............................. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS/24 REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100515.PORTF.15/LIX