FNUS74 KLIX 191901 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 201 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS.... 1012MB LOW LOCATED OVER THE CAROLINAS WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN MS AND SOUTHEASTERN LA. RELATIVELY FLAT GRADIENT FROM THE EAST GULF TO THE CENTRAL GULF WITH A TIGHTER GRADIENT FROM THE CENTRAL GULF TO THE WESTERN GULF. 1015MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR TAMPA WITH 1014MB RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING WESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL GULF. 4MB GRADIENT FROM WESTERN EXTENT OF RIDGE AXIS TO CORPUS CHRISTI WHERE PRESSURE IS 1009MB. SFC PRESSURE AT SPOT LOCATION...1014MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. .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 191851Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2992 METAR KGAO 191842Z AUTO 19008G15KT 10SM SCT030 31/22 A2992 METAR KHUM 191850Z 17008KT 6SM TS SCT030 BKN100 28/21 A2992 METAR KMDJ 191835Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM FEW014 SCT030 28/24 A2994 METAR KDLP 191835Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM FEW019 FEW026 30/23 A2992 .RADAR... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS TO THE W AND N OF HOUMA. THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORM TO PORT FOURCHON IS ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SPOT LOCATION...PRODUCING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...ABOUT 5 TO 10 STRIKES EVERY 5 MINUTES. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ROUGHLY 40 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF PORT FOURCHON. GENERAL STORM MOTION IS TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 KTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.75 FT AT 1330 CDT...FORECAST LOW TIDE IS 0.36 FT AT MIDNIGHT CDT. GISL1 1.36 FT AT 1330 CDT...FORECAST HIGH TIDE IS 1.44 FT AT 1400 CDT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........48 48 48 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NO SIG WX........ TEMP............81 81 81 81 RH..............73 73 73 73 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH........... .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........48 48 48 48 48 48 48 37 37 37 37 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............82 81 80 79 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 RH..............71 76 80 84 86 87 88 91 93 93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH........................................... .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........37 30 30 30 39 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 78 80 81 82 82 RH..............90 85 78 75 77 79 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 7 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH........................................... $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100519.PORTF.11/LIX