FNUS74 KLIX 170007
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
707 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...LAST HOURLY SPOT ISSUED FOR TODAY...

.SYNOPSIS....
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING E OF THE SPILL LOCATION AS OF
7 PM. FLAT 4MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE N GULF...1016MB HIGH OFF
THE W FL COAST...1012MB LOW PRES TROF S OF VERMILION BAY...WEAK
1013MB HIGH ALONG UPPER TX COAST. PRESSURE AT SPOT LOCATION...1014MB.

.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
METAR KBVE 162351Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2996
    RMK AO2 SLP144 60045 T02330200 10233 20206 56003 TSNO
METAR KGAO 162342Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM OVC013 25/22 A2994
METAR KHUM 162250Z 13004KT 7SM BKN025 27/22 A2994
METAR KMDJ MISG
METAR KDLP 162335Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2994

.RADAR...
NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION. A LARGE CLUSTER OF
TSTMS E OF THE SPILL LOCATION...MOVG E 26KT AWAY FROM THE SPILL SITE.

.TIDAL INFORMATION...
PSTL1 0.56 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.10 AT 10PM CDT.
GISL1 0.67 FT AND FALLING...LOW TIDE IS 0.17 AT 11 PM CDT.

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........38  38  38  30  30  30  24  24  25  25  25
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............78  77  76  76  75  75  75  74  73  73  73
RH..............95  96  97  97  96  96  96  99  99  99  99
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20  20  20  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10
SEAS............2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
SEA STATE.......SMOOTH TO A LIGHT CHOP...SMOOTH............

.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.......LGT CHOP.................................

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FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS/24
REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100516.PORTF.15/LIX