FNUS74 KLIX 162207 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 507 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010 .SYNOPSIS.... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING E OF THE MS RIVER DELTA THIS AFTN WITH A LARGE CLUSTER OF TSTMS ASSOCD WITH THIS DISTURBANCE...MOVG E 26KT. FLAT 4MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE N GULF...1017MB HIGH OFF THE W FL COAST...1013MB LOW PRES TROF S OF VERMILION BAY...WEAK 1015MB HIGH ALONG UPPER TX COAST. PRESSURE AT SPOT LOCATION...1015MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS PSBL TONIGHT. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...ISOLATED GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS PSBL MONDAY. .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 162130Z 04007KT 7SM SCT100 25/21 A2992 METAR KBVE 162151Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM SCT100 22/20 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE33 SLP145 P0002 T02220200 TSNO METAR KGAO 162142Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM SCT010 26/22 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE METAR KHUM 162150Z 19004KT 7SM SCT070 27/21 A2993 METAR KMDJ MISG METAR KDLP 162135Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM SCT095 23/21 A2995 .RADAR... NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION. A LARGE CLUSTER OF TSTMS WAS IMPACTING THE SPILL LOCATION...MOVG E 26KT OVER THE SPILL SITE. GUSTS 25 TO 30 KTS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VSBY REDUCED TO 1/2SM IN HVY RAFL AND CIGS LOWERED TO OVC011CB. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.05 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.10 AT 10PM CDT. GISL1 1.03 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.17 AT 11 PM CDT. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........M 79 79 38 38 38 30 30 30 24 24 25 25 25 WEATHER COV.....M LKY LKY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 79 79 78 77 76 76 75 75 75 74 73 73 73 RH..............M 78 91 95 96 97 97 96 96 96 99 99 99 99 20 FT WIND DIR..M SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..M 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.M 20 20 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 70 70 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............M 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH XCP LCLLY ROUGH NR TSTMS.... .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........25 43 43 43 43 40 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............73 76 79 80 81 81 RH..............99 91 79 70 66 67 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH................................... $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS/24 REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100516.PORTF.13/LIX