FNUS74 KLIX 061909 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 209 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 .SYNOPSIS...AT 1400 CDT...A WEAK 1014MB TROUGH WAS ALG THE MS CST AND ACROSS THE LA TIDAL LAKES. THIS FEATURE IS INTERACTING WITH DAYTIME LAKE AND GULF BREEZES TO INITIATE TSTMS MAINLY AWAY FROM THE SHORE LINE CLEAN UP AREAS. MEANWHILE...A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG TSTMS WAS IMPACTING THE SPILL AREA WITH MORE TSTMS ADVANCING NE 35 KTS TOWARD THE SPILL AREA. .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... MS CANYON LEASE AREA UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER FROM COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM TO COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...OR FROM 28 NM SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO 57 NM SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS. * THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MS CANYON LEASE AREA THROUGH 345 PM CDT. .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 061851Z AUTO 19008KT 9SM CLR 31/27 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03110267 TSNO METAR KGAO 061904Z AUTO 18010G15KT CLR 32/26 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE PWINO METAR KHUM 061750Z 18005KT 7SM SCT020 BKN030 33/27 A2994 METAR KMDJ 061855Z AUTO 20011KT 5SM HZ CLR 30/27 A2997 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 061855Z AUTO 19008G15KT 6SM HZ SCT070 31/27 A2995 RMK A01 **************************************************************** 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 1400 CDT...NO ECHOES WERE INDICATED ALG THE SE LA CST. CLOSEST LGTNG...50NM NNE OF GRAND ISLE OVER CHALMETTE. A LARGE COMPLEX OF STG TSTMS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE NE 35 KT AND SHOULD MOVE SE OF THE SE LA COAST...PSBLY CLIPPING THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER BY 500 PM. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.02 FT AT 1340 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.71 FT AT 1703 CDT. GISL1 0.84 FT AT 1331 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.61 FT AT 1811 CDT. PTFL1 0.94 FT AT 1340 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.54 FT AT 1755 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/06/2010 SUN 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 06/09/2010 WED 08:04AM LDT 1.2 H 07:07PM LDT -0.2 L 06/10/2010 THU 08:42AM LDT 1.3 H 07:50PM LDT -0.3 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........73 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 85 85 85 RH..............77 77 77 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 97 97 97 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........80 56 37 37 31 46 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 83 82 82 81 81 RH..............79 81 85 86 89 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 94 90 90 88 88 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 4 S 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC SM SM .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........46 50 51 51 50 47 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 83 86 88 88 88 RH..............89 84 73 69 68 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..88 94 102 102 103 103 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 4 SE 5 S 6 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100606.PORTF.11/LIX