FNUS74 KLIX 031206 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 706 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 .SYNOPSIS...AT 0700 CDT...1004MB LOW PRES SYS ALG UPR TX CST VCNTY GALVESTON BAY...MOVG INTO NWRN GLFMEX. LRG SQLN ALG 92W...MOVG E 40KT. 1013MB HIGH ALG FL PEN. GENL WK 1009MB PRES FIELD CNTRL GLFMEX. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION IS 1010MB. SQLN XPCTD TO SUSTAIN WHILE MOVG ALG LA CST. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL. ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON. ...SEVERE SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS... AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING GALE FORCE GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS...ALONG 92W OFF VERMILION PARISH... MOVING EAST 35 KNOTS. THIS SQUALL LINE WILL BE CROSSING WATERS NEAR POINT AU FER ISLAND AROUND 9 AM...VICINITY OF PORT FOURCHON AND GRAND ISLE AROUND 1015 TO 1030...THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY 1100 AM...AND WATERS EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING MS CANYON 252 OPERATIONS AREA AROUND 1130 AM CDT. MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SQUALL LINE LATER THIS MORNING. SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS SLIDELL OFFICE AS THE SQUALL LINE GETS CLOSER TO THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THIS LINE ALONG WITH LOCALLY VERY ROUGH SEAS. ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS... AT 641 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 33 KNOTS... FROM BILOXI AND OCEAN SPRINGS MS TO 44 NM NORTHEAST OF PILOTTOWN...MOVING NORTH 10 KNOTS. .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 031151Z AUTO 13005KT 7SM CLR 24/23 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP094 70037 T02440228 10256 20233 51005 TSNO METAR KGAO 031204Z AUTO 00000KT 24/23 A2979 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND W PWINO METAR KHUM 031153Z 10004KT 7SM SKC 24/24 A2980 METAR KMDJ 031155Z AUTO 18015KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2981 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 031155Z AUTO 18014KT 10SM FEW020 FEW024 29/24 A2979 RMK A01 **************************************************************** VALID ALONG THE SE LA COAST FM PT AU FER TO SW PASS OF MS RVR. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM PORT FOURCHON LA. **************************************************************** .RADAR...AT 0700 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES ALG S LA CST E OF ATCHAFALAYA RVR. SQLN OF STG/SVR TSTMS WAS IN SW LA CSTL WATERS S OF VERMILION PRSH...ALG 92.5W 120NM W OF PT FOURCHON...MOVG E 30KT. FQT LGTNG AND Q35KT ALG THIS SQLN. ETA AT PT FOURCHON...1015 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.48 FT AT 0656 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.73 FT AT 1054 CDT. GISL1 1.14 FT AT 0656 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.27 FT AT 1402 CDT. PTFL1 1.33 FT AT 0656 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.29 FT AT 1359 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/03/2010 THU 12:28AM LDT 0.2 L 01:16PM LDT 0.8 H 06/04/2010 FRI 12:17AM LDT 0.3 L 11:42AM LDT 0.8 H 11:16PM LDT 0.4 L 06/05/2010 SAT 08:46AM LDT 0.7 H 08:04PM LDT 0.4 L 06/06/2010 SUN 07:35AM LDT 0.8 H 06:06PM LDT 0.3 L 06/07/2010 MON 07:21AM LDT 0.9 H 06:06PM LDT 0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........56 56 56 72 72 72 60 60 60 66 66 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............77 78 79 80 81 82 82 82 82 81 81 RH..............88 86 83 81 77 73 71 71 72 72 73 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW W W NW N NE N N 20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM SM LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........66 51 59 59 54 42 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 80 79 79 79 79 RH..............76 82 87 94 96 94 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 6 N 6 N 5 N 6 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........42 63 61 61 63 54 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 81 83 84 84 84 RH..............91 86 81 77 77 77 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 3 N 1 W 1 SW 3 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM SM LC $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS/24 REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100603.PORTF.04/LIX