FNUS74 KLIX 062211 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 511 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...AT 1700 CDT...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE COAST WHILE THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF SCT SHRA AND TSRA IN AND AROUND THE SPILL SITE AND APPROACHING THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER. RELATIVELY ERRACTIC SFC PATTERN WITH A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT SET UP ACROSS THE REGION 1015MB IN THE WRN GLF WITH 1011/1012MB JUST OFF THE TX COAST. PRESSURE AT SPILL SITE WAS 1014MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS WITH 5% CHC LCL SVR TSTMS PSBL... PRIMARY THREAT WIND DAMAGE. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL. * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... INCLUDING BARATARIA BAY...GRAND ISLE AND TIMBALIER BAY... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER FROM 18 NM NORTHEAST OF BARATARIA BAY TO 17 NM NORTH OF TIMBALIER BAY...OR FROM 18 NM WEST OF BRETON SOUND TO 17 NM NORTH OF TIMBALIER BAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 KNOTS. * THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR OVER BARATARIA BAY BY 515 PM CDT OVER TIMBALIER BAY BY 550 PM CDT OVER GRAND ISLE BY 600 PM CDT ********************************** * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS FROM COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM TO COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...OR FROM 17 NM SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO 48 NM SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS. * THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CANYON WEST DELTA AREA SOUTH ADDITION SOUTH PASS AREA SOUTH ADDITION SOUTH PASS AREA SOUTH PASS AREA EAST ADDITION EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIOSCA KNOLL .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 062153Z 18011KT 10SM TS SCT034 SCT060 27/23 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02670228 METAR KASD 062153Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03000261 $ METAR KBVE 062151Z AUTO 21007KT 8SM FEW017 31/26 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T03060261 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM LAKE ELOI LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR...AT 1700 CDT...STRONG TSRA WERE MAINLY IMPACTING BRETON SOUND. FRQ LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF 30-40 KTS...AND EVEN A WATERSPOUT OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. ELSEWHERE ALONG CHANDELEUR AND MISSISSIPPI SOUNDS IT WAS RATHER QUIET WITH JUST ISLTD LIGHT SHRA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.99 FT AT 1618 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.71 FT AT 1756 CDT. GRPL1 0.58 FT AT 1622 CDT ERRATIC. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/06/2010 SUN 06:39PM LDT 0.3 L 06/07/2010 MON 07:49AM LDT 1.1 H 06:34PM LDT 0.1 L 06/08/2010 TUE 08:02AM LDT 1.3 H 06:57PM LDT -0.1 L 06/09/2010 WED 08:30AM LDT 1.4 H 07:31PM LDT -0.3 L 06/10/2010 THU 09:05AM LDT 1.6 H 08:11PM LDT -0.4 L .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........79 79 52 52 52 35 35 35 22 22 28 28 28 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 79 79 78 78 79 RH..............76 78 81 85 88 90 92 93 94 94 92 92 92 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 95 93 92 90 88 88 87 87 79 79 79 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........28 34 46 46 41 40 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 82 88 90 91 90 RH..............92 83 70 64 62 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..79 91 103 105 106 103 20 FT WIND......NW 4 NW 4 W 3 SW 3 SW 4 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM LC .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........40 40 26 26 30 31 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 85 81 80 79 78 RH..............66 73 83 86 90 90 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 95 89 87 86 85 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 5 SW 4 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC SM SM $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100606.HOPED.13/LIX