FNUS74 KLIX 170915
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
415 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.SYNOPSIS....
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AHEAD OF THE MAIN COLD FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND IS MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 15 KTS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE BOUNDARY...AND WILL
REACH THE COAST DURING THE LATE MORNING OR VERY EARLY AFTERNOON
ASSUMING NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORWARD MOTION.

RELATIVELY FLAT PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF.
1016MB HIGH CENTERED SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH A 1014MB
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING THROUGH VERMILION BAY AND
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTH TEXAS. PRESSURE AT SPOT LOCATION...1014MB.

.WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY...
...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS PSBL TONIGHT.
...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...NO TSTMS FORECAST.

.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
SPECI KBVE 170901Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV001 21/20 A2999
METAR KGAO 170842Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG BKN001 19/19 A2999
METAR KHUM 170840Z AUTO 1SM BR VV007 20/20 A2998
METAR KMDJ MISG
METAR KDLP 170850Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN016 BKN024 26/23 A2997

.RADAR...
NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL LA WAS MOVING SE AROUND 15KT TOWARDS THE
COAST. IF THIS LINE OF STORMS HOLDS TOGETHER...SHOULD REACH THE
COAST DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AND MAY CONTINUE TO
THE SPILL AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON.

.TIDAL INFORMATION...
PSTL1 1.0 FT AND RISING...HIGH TIDE IS 2.30 FT AT 10 AM CDT. GISL1
0.60 FT AND RISING...HIGH TIDE IS 1.82 AT 1 PM CDT.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........39      39     39     39     39     39     36
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............73      73     75     78     80     81     81
RH..............85      85     84     77     70     66     66
20 FT WIND......SW4     SW 5   W 5    W 4    SW 4   SW 5   SW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10      10     10     5      5      10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0       0      10     10     10     20     20

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........36     33     32     32     31     32
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE
TEMP............80     78     76     75     74     74
RH..............67     71     78     84     88     85
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 4    S 4    SW 5   SW 5   SW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5      10     10     5
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     20     20     10     10

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........32     34     34     34     34     28
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............74     76     79     80     81     81
RH..............85     79     74     69     66     66
20 FT WIND......W 5    W 4    SW 4   SW 5   SW 5   S 4
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5      10     10     5
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     20     20     20     20     20

$$
FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS
REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100517.PORTF.01/LIX