FNUS74 KLIX 192007 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 307 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...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAND AREAS. .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 191951Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2992 METAR KGAO 191942Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A2991 METAR KHUM 191950Z 24006KT 5SM RA SCT020 BKN040 24/24 A2993 METAR KMDJ 191935Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM FEW015 FEW024 28/24 A2994 METAR KDLP 191935Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2992 .RADAR... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF HOUMA. THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORM TO PORT FOURCHON IS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SPOT LOCATION...CURRENTLY PRODUCING INFREQUENT LIGHTNING...LESS THAN 5 STRIKES EVERY 5 MINUTES. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ROUGHLY 35 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF PORT FOURCHON. GENERAL STORM MOTION IS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 KTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.68 FT AT 1430 CDT...FORECAST LOW TIDE IS 0.36 FT AT MIDNIGHT CDT. GISL1 1.36 FT AT 1430 CDT...FORECAST HIGH TIDE IS 0.25 FT AT 0100 CDT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........48 48 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NO SIG WX TEMP............81 81 81 RH..............73 73 73 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH..... .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........48 48 48 48 37 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............82 80 77 77 76 76 RH..............71 80 86 88 93 93 20 FT WIND......SW 4 S 6 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SMOOTH..............LT CHOP............. .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.......LT CHOP................................. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100519.PORTF.12/LIX