FNUS74 KLIX 171817
FWSLIX

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

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

.SYNOPSIS...
1011MB LOW LOCATED OVER THE OH/KY/WV BORDERWITH ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT EXTNDG INTO NORTHERN MS AND SOTUHERN AR. RELATIVELY FLAT
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. 1018MB SFC HIGH
CENTERED OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL GULF AND A WEAK PRESSURE TROUGH
STRETCHING DOWN FROM THE SFC LOW OVER OH/KY/WV BORDER THROUGH THE FL
PANHANDLE AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF. SFC PRESSURE AT SPOT
LOCATION...1017MB


.WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY...
...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS POSSIBLE TODAY.
...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

METAR KBVE 171751Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167
     T02780217 10278 20217 58004 TSNO
METAR KGAO 171802Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM SCT035 30/21 A3001 RMK AO2
METAR KHUM 171750Z 31008KT 7SM FEW040 SCT100 32/17 A3002
METAR KMDJ 151240Z AUTO 15021G28KT 9SM BKN100 24/22 A3009 RMK A01
METAR KDLP 171755Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3002 RMK A01


.RADAR...
NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION. COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NEAR THE LA/MS
BORDER HAS NOW ALL BUT DISSIPATED. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR
POSSIBLE REDEVLOPEMTN ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LATER TODAY.


.TIDAL INFORMATION...
PSTL1 2.18 FT AT 1221 CDT...LOW TIDE IS 0.21 FT AT 11PM CDT.
GISL1 1.77 FT AT 1028 CDT...HIGH TIDE OCCURING.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39  39  39  36  36
WEATHER COV.....        ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....        TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............81  81  81  81  81
RH..............67  66  66  66  67
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  S   S   SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4   5   6   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.5   10  10  10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20  20  20  20  20
SEAS............3   3   3   3   3
SEA STATE.......SMOOTH TO LIGHT CHOP.
HRLY RAIN (IN). .00 .00 .02 .02 .02

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........36     33     32     32     21     22
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM FOG    FOG
TEMP............80     77     76     76     75     74
RH..............67     71     78     84     88     85
20 FT WIND......SW 6   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...................
HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.01   0.01   0.01   0.01   0.0    0.0

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........22     34     34     34     34     28
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY                      S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............74     76     79     81     82     82
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     10     10     10     20     20
SEAS............2      2      2      2      2      2
SEA STATE.......SMOOTH TO LIGHT CHOP...................
HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.02   0.02   0.02   0.02   0.02   0.02

$$
FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS
REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100517.PORTF.10/LIX