FNUS74 KLIX 182010 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 310 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS.... 1011MB LOW LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN OHIO WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL MS...CENTRAL LA AND SOUTHER TX. RELATIVELY FLAT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. 1016MB SFC HIGH CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF AND A WEAK PRESSURE TROUGH STRETCHING DOWN THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE FL PENINSULA FROM A 1009MB SFC LOW OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. SFC PRESSURE AT SPOT LOCATION...1014MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS POSSIBLE TODAY. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. .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 K9F2 MISG METAR KBVE 181951Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A2994 METAR KGAO 182002Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A2993 METAR KHUM 181950Z 20006KT 7SM SCT040 32/20 A2993 METAR KMDJ MISG METAR KDLP 181955Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A2994 .RADAR... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY AND ARE STILL STATIONARY. SEA BREEZE CONVECTION INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE MOVING GENERALLY IN AN EASTWARD DIRECTION BUT MAY BEGIN TO SAG SOUTHWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION ALSO BEGINNING TO DEVEOP ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OFTHE RIVER PARISHES. CONVECTION REMAINS 75-100 MILES FROM PORT FOURCHON AT THIS TIME. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.76 FT AT 1430 CDT...FORECAST LOW TIDE IS 0.19 FT AT MIDNIGHT CDT. GISL1 1.49 FT AT 1430 CDT...FORECAST LOW TIDE IS 0.08 FT AT 0030 CDT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........57 57 57 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............83 83 83 RH..............64 64 66 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH/LT CHOP .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........57 37 37 37 30 30 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE FOG TEMP............82 79 78 78 76 75 RH..............67 83 84 80 84 90 20 FT WIND......W 3 W 3 W 3 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH.................................... .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........30 30 30 30 34 34 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 76 78 81 81 81 RH..............91 88 81 75 75 74 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 5 SW 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH.................................... $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100518.PORTF.12/LIX