FNUS74 KLIX 171212 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 712 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS.... 1012MB LOW LOCATED OVER EASTERN KY WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRNT EXTNDG INTO NORTHERN LA AND CENTRAL TX. RELATIVELY FLAT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORHTERN GULF OF MEXICO. 1017MB HIGH CENTERED OVER FL PENINSULA. 1013MB LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM SURFACE LOW SOUTHWARD THROUGH FLORIDA PANHANDLE THEN WESTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL GULF AND INTO SOUTH TX. SECOND 1016MB HIGH CENTRED OVER SW LA. 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 171030Z 00000KT 7SM FEW007 SCT100 24/22 A2999 SPECI KBVE 171158Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR SCT005 22/21 A3002 METAR KGAO 171202Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT001 20/20 A3002 METAR KHUM 171150Z 00000KT 5SM BR SCT100 21/21 A3002 METAR KMDJ MISG METAR KDLP 171150Z AUTO 02004KT 3SM BR CLR 23/23 A3000 .RADAR... NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION. COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LA AND IS NEARING THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA. A PORTION OF THIS COMPLEX HAS ALREADY PRODUCED STRONG WINDS THAT DOWNED TREES IN WEST FELICIANA PARISH... BUT THAT STORM HAS WEAKENED SINCE THEN. IF THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS HOLDS TOGETHER...IT SHOULD REACH THE COAST DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. ON ITS CURRENT PATH THE STRONGEST STORMS WOULD PASS NORTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP THAT WOULD AFFECT THE SPOT LOCATION. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 MISG. FORECAST HIGH TIDE IS 2.30 FT AT 11 AM CDT. LAST OBSERVATION WAS AT 0200 CDT AND WATER LEVEL WAS .66 FT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVEL. GISL1 MISG. FORECAST HIGH TIDE IS 1.82 AT 1 PM CDT. LAST OBSERVATION WAS AT 0200 CDT AND WATER LEVEL WAS 0.45 FT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVEL. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 36 36 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............73 75 77 78 79 80 80 81 81 81 81 RH..............85 84 82 77 73 70 67 66 66 66 66 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH TO LIGHT CHOP........................ .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........36 33 32 32 31 32 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD 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 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH TO LIGHT CHOP........................ .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 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH TO LIGHT CHOP....................... $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100517.PORTF.04/LIX