FNUS74 KLIX 240059 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 759 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...AT 2000 CDT...LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED ALL OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. A RIDGE AXIS WORKED SW THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE N-CNTRL GULF WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING ALL OF THE GULF. THERE IS A WEAKNESS AT THE SFC OVER GA/SRN FL/SWRN AL AND THIS HAS ALLOWED SCT SHRA AND TSRA TO DEVELOP AND WORK TOWARDS THE EXTREME NERN GULF. LOWER PRESSURE NOTED ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS IS LEADING TO A LONG FETCHED ERLY FLOW THRU FL STRAITS...ACROSS CNTRL GULF THEN TURNING TO UPPER TX/SW LA COAST. 5-6MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE GULF. SFC PRESSURE AT SPILL LOCATION 1016MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON SVR TSTMS MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON SVR TSTMS MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...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 240051Z AUTO 12004KT 7SM CLR 26/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02610222 TSNO METAR KGAO 240043Z AUTO 12005KT CLR 28/22 A2999 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 240040Z AUTO 7SM SCT031 28/22 A2998 RMK AO2 METAR KMDJ 240035Z AUTO 12012KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3001 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 240035Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2999 RMK A01 .RADAR...AT 1950 CDT. NO PCPN WAS DETECTED OVER ANY OF THE OPERATIONS AREAS. THERE ARE A FEW SHRA OVER S-CNTRL LA BUT THESE ARE CONTINUING TO DISSIPATE AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE OPERATIONS AREAS. THE LINE OF TSRA OVER S AL AND SE ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION HAVE BEGUN TO WEAKEN AND SHOULD BEFORE DISSIPATING THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO WORK TO THE SW AT 12KT AND WILL ALSO HAVE NO IMPACT TO ANY OPERATIONS. LIGHTNING IS BEING DETECTED WITH THE ACTIVITY MOVING ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.02 FT AT 1939 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.82 AT 0703 CDT. GISL1 0.67 FT AT 1934 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.55 AT 0757 CDT. PTFL1 0.69 FT AT 1934 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.54 AT 0729 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOUCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 05/23/2010 SUN 06:00PM LDT 0.2 L 05/24/2010 MON 08:01AM LDT 1.0 H 06:41PM LDT 0.0 L 05/25/2010 TUE 08:25AM LDT 1.2 H 07:26PM LDT -0.2 L 05/26/2010 WED 09:01AM LDT 1.3 H 08:12PM LDT -0.3 L 05/27/2010 THU 09:43AM LDT 1.4 H 08:59PM LDT -0.3 L .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 35 43 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............82 81 80 79 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 RH..............76 78 79 80 80 80 80 78 78 76 76 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........43 46 41 36 36 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............77 79 82 83 84 84 RH..............74 76 69 68 66 65 20 FT WIND......E 4 E 4 E 4 E 4 E 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........45 45 40 35 35 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............83 81 79 78 77 76 RH..............66 71 75 76 79 82 20 FT WIND......S 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 6 W 6 NW 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.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100523.PORTF.16/LIX