FNUS74 KLIX 160011 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 711 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 ...LAST SPOT FORECAST FOR TODAY... .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 152351Z AUTO 13008KT 6SM HZ FEW022 SCT038 SCT085 26/23 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 60000 T02560228 10283 20233 56011 TSNO METAR KGAO 152342Z AUTO 12010KT 7SM SCT001 SCT015 BKN019 27/25 A3001 METAR KHUM 152250Z 15008KT 7SM SCT017 BKN030 27/26 A3000 METAR KMDJ MISG METAR KDLP 152350Z AUTO 15008G14KT 7SM CLR 29/25 A3001 .RADAR... SHOWERS AND TSTMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER SE LA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. MOST OF THE CELLS ARE MOVING NNW 18-20KT. SOME ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS...POSSIBLY PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS. A SQUALL LINE OF TSTMS EXTNDD FROM MARSH ISLAND TO 25N 93W...MOVG E 25KT. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONT TO MOVE E INTO VCNTY TERREBONNE BAY BY 10 PM. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.36 FT; FALLING...PROJECTED LOW TIDE 0.11 FT AT 1011 PM CDT GISL1 0.34 FT; FALLING...PROJECTED LOW TIDE 0.08 FT AT 955 PM CDT .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........60 60 63 63 63 68 68 68 71 71 71 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 78 77 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 RH..............83 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 91 91 91 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 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.......LGT CHOP............................... $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS/24 REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100515.PORTF.16/LIX