FNUS74 KLIX 041206 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 706 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...AT 0500 CDT...1004MB LOW PRES SYS IS JUST WEST OF THE SABINE RIVER WHILE A TROUGH IS DUE EAST ACROSS SRN LA AND INTO THE GLFMEX JUST SOUTH OF THE COAST. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WRN ATLANTIC IS LEADING TO MODERATE S-SWRLY FLOW. SFC PRESSURE AT SPILL SITE WAS 1010MB. SQUALL LINE JUST WEST OF ATCHAFALAYA BASIN IS SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 KTS WITH ISOLD CELLS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF IT. LARGE AREA OF TSTMS OVER WEST/CENTRAL GULF IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 KTS. THESE TSTMS SHOULD REACH THE SPILL SITE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS.WITH 5% CHC LCL SVR TSTMS PSBL... PRIMARY THREAT WIND DAMAGE AND WATERSPOUTS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS WITH 5% CHC LCL SVR TSTMS PSBL... PRIMARY THREAT WIND DAMAGE. .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 041151Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2985 METAR KGAO 041144Z AUTO 13005KT 26/24 A2982 METAR KHUM 041050Z 17005KT 7SM SCT065 26/26 A2979 METAR KMDJ 041155Z AUTO 18017KT 10SM SCT015 SCT021 28/25 A2985 METAR KDLP 041155Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM BKN016 28/24 A2983 **************************************************************** VALID ALONG THE SE LA COAST FM PT AU FER TO SW PASS OF MS RVR. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM GRAND ISLE LA. **************************************************************** .RADAR...AT 0700 CDT...ALL REMAINS QUIET OVER THE PORT FOURCHON AND GRAND ISLE BUT LOOK FOR SHWRS AND TSTMS TO RETURN LATER THIS MORNING. SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF THE AREA AND MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 KTS. ISOLD/SCT TSTMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE WITH THE NEAREST TSTM LOCATED APPX 80 MILES NW OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.29 FT AT 0556 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.51 FT AT 0859 CDT. GISL1 1.04 FT AT 0557 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.22 FT AT 1155 CDT. PTFL1 1.12 FT AT 0557 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.23 FT AT 0940 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 06/08/2010 TUE 07:35AM LDT 1.0 H 06:31PM LDT 0.0 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........82 82 82 72 72 72 70 70 70 63 63 WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 84 84 84 RH..............81 77 77 76 76 74 74 75 76 76 76 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 20 FT WIND GUST.35 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........63 55 53 53 69 78 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 84 83 84 84 84 RH..............75 75 79 78 78 78 20 FT WIND......S 16 S 14 S 13 S 12 S 13 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST.35 30 25 25 25 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............4 4 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......VRO RO RO RO RO RO .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........78 71 70 70 70 65 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 85 86 87 87 85 RH..............79 77 73 70 71 76 20 FT WIND......S 14 S 13 SW 10 SW 10 SW 12 SW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 20 20 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......RO RO CH CH RO RO $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100604.PORTF.04/LIX