FNUS74 KLIX 161818 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 118 PM 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 5MB GRADIENT WAS ACROSS THE GLFMEX WITH 1019MB ALONG THE W FL COAST...1014MB ON THE TX COAST. PRESSURE OVER PORT FOURCHON IS 1016MB. .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 SPECI KBVE 161759Z AUTO 03004KT 1SM +RA BR BKN011 BKN023 OVC060 21/21 A3004 RMK AO2 P0012 TSNO METAR KGAO 161802Z AUTO 33006KT 7SM +VCTSRA BKN004 BKN012 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 P0002 LTG DSNT NE THRU SW SPECI KHUM 161739Z 12004KT 5SM BR SCT014 BKN030 22/22 A3001 METAR KMDJ 151240Z MISG METAR KDLP 161755Z AUTO 34020G28KT 1 1/2SM BR SCT004 BKN009 OVC030 22/21 A3001 RMK A01 VIS 1V3 .RADAR... A VERY LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REMAINED ACROSS COASTAL LA...MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS OFF THE SOUTHEAST LA COAST AND MISSISSIPPI COAST. FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING QUICK WEAK TORNADOES/WATERSPOUTS TO SPIN UP. CLOSER TOWARDS PORT FOUCHON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER TIMBALIER...TERREBONNE... AND BARATARIA BAYS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.26 FT AND RISING...LOW TIDE IS 0.14 AT 10PM CDT. GISL1 1.96 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.17 AT 11 PM CDT. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........79 79 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 80 80 80 79 RH..............77 77 75 78 78 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......100 90 70 70 70 HRLY RAIN (IN). .25 .35 .11 .11 .11 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........79 38 30 30 24 25 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE 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 20 20 20 10 10 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 (%).........25 70 70 70 52 52 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE 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 (%).10 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.10/LIX