FNUS74 KLIX 062320 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 620 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...AT 1800 CDT...THUNDERSTORMS STILL MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE COAST WHILE THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF SCT SHRA AND TSRA IN AND AROUND THE SPILL SITE AND THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER. RELATIVELY ERRATIC SFC PATTERN WITH A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT SET UP ACROSS THE REGION 1015MB ACROSS MUCH OF THE ERN GLF WITH 1010/1011MB 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 .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 SPECI KBVE 062312Z AUTO 30006KT 1 1/2SM +RA BR BKN014 OVC028 27/24 A2997 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V5 RAB02 P0002 TSNO METAR KGAO 062304Z AUTO 33003KT VCTS 27/25 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQS METAR KHUM 062255Z 07010G18KT 3SM -TSRA SCT010 BKN020 24/24 A2999 RMK OCNL LGTCG TS E MOV SE METAR KMDJ 062255Z AUTO 20006KT 8SM CLR 29/26 A2996 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 062255Z AUTO 18016KT 2SM BR SCT012 BKN019 OVC043 29/27 A2994 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 1800 CDT...A BROKEN LINE OF TSRA STRETCHED FROM NEAR MORGAN CITY TO HOUMA TO GRAND ISLE TO BOOTHVILLE. THIS IS LINE IS MOVG TO THE SSE AT 13KT TOWARDS THE GLF CST. THE STRONGEST STORM IS BETWEEN HOUMA AND MONTEGUT WITH FQT LGTNG AND GUSTS UP TO 45KT POSSIBLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.97 FT AT 1718 CDT ERRATIC...LOW TIDE OCCURING NOW. GISL1 0.73 FT AT 1718 CDT ERRATIC...LOW TIDE OCCURING NOW. PTFL1 0.73 FT AT 1718 CDT ERRATIC...LOW TIDE OCCURING NOW. 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........80 56 56 56 37 37 37 31 31 46 46 46 WEATHER COV.....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 TEMP............85 84 83 83 82 82 82 81 81 81 81 81 RH..............79 81 82 85 85 86 88 89 89 89 89 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 96 94 92 90 90 90 88 88 88 88 88 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW S S SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM 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 LC LC LC LC .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........47 36 14 14 14 15 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............87 84 83 82 81 80 RH..............70 76 83 86 89 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 94 92 90 90 90 20 FT WIND......S 4 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 5 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC SM $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100606.PORTF.15/LIX