FNUS74 KLIX 161208 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 708 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS.... A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LA COAST IS LIKELY TO BECOME ACTIVATED WITH TSTMS THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES E FROM SW LA THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A 6MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1019MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1013MB ON THE TX COAST. PRESSURE AT PORT FOURCHON IS 1015MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS EXPECTED TODAY. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS EXPECTED MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BECOME QUITE NUMEROUS AND STRONG THIS MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE DAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 KNOTS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS DURING STRONGER STORMS AND EVEN A FEW WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY UNDER RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS. MARINERS OPERATING IN THE COASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF INCLEMENT WEATHER MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE AREA TODAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE MARINE WEATHER WARNINGS TODAY. .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 161151Z AUTO 14005KT 7SM SCT036 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 70227 T02390228 10239 20222 58001 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 161142Z AUTO 14005KT 7SM OVC001 25/24 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW METAR KHUM 161050Z 17008KT 5SM BR SCT011 BKN027 OVC090 25/25 A2997 METAR KMDJ MISG METAR KDLP 161130Z AUTO VRB05KT 7SM FEW048 26/24 A2999 RMK A01 .RADAR... A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 16 KT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LA. AT 7AM CDT THIS LINE WAS APPROACHING THE I55 CORRIDOR WITH ACTIVITY STRETCHING FROM NEAR CENTREVILLE...MS AND DOWN TO THE COAST NEAR HOUMA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 20 KTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE. GIVEN CURRENT SPEED AND TRENDS...THIS MAIN BAND OF ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE PORT FOURCHON AREA SHORTLY ALTHOUGH LIGHT SHOWERS AND EVEN AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WELL AHEAD OF THIS LINE. OVER THE WATER SOUTH OF PORT FOURCHON THE WATERS ARE MOSTLY CLEAR OF RAIN BUT THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST AS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE LIGHT RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LA AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS MOSTLY EAST OF THE MS RIVER. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.95 FT AND RISING...HIGH TIDE IS 2.26 AT 10AM CDT. GISL1 1.40 FT AND RISING...HIGH TIDE IS 1.86 AT 11AM CDT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........85 85 85 85 85 85 79 79 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............76 77 78 78 79 79 79 80 80 80 79 RH..............91 88 85 80 80 78 77 77 75 78 78 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CHOPPY BUT ROUGH NEAR TSM................... HRLY RAIN (IN). .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........79 73 68 68 63 66 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 78 77 76 75 74 RH..............78 80 85 88 92 95 20 FT WIND......S 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 SW 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 30 30 30 20 20 SEAS............2 2 2 2 3 3 SEA STATE.......LT CHOP.................................. HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........66 70 70 70 52 52 WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............73 76 80 82 84 86 RH..............93 85 73 68 64 60 20 FT WIND......W 6 NW 6 NW 5 NW 4 W 3 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......LT CHOP.................................. HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100516.PORTF.04/LIX