FNUS74 KLIX 081106 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 606 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 .SYNOPSIS...AT 0600 CDT...1016MB HIGH OVER CNTRL GLFMEX. DIFFUSE FNTL ZN ACRS LWR SE LA TO LWR FL PEN. 4MB GRADIENT HIGH TO 1012MB ALG TX CST. SFC PRESSURE OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1016MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0500 CDT.... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/......... 86F HOUMA AWOS-3/KHUM/............. 90F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS-3/IPN/... 92F SLIDELL /KASD/................. 94F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/........ 94F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY... * A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM METROPOLITAN BATON ROUGE TO HAMMOND TO METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS. * AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 105 DEGREES RANGE EACH AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. WARMER URBAN AND COASTAL AREAS MAY SEE THE HEAT INDEX RISE TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. ...HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON... HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY HUMID CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL LEAD TO OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS OVER THE WATER. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES AND POSSIBLY HIGHER WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS AND THIS COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION. * THOSE PRONE TO HEAT RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN TODAY. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND FURTHER MARINE STATEMENT MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA IN LATER FORECASTS. .SOUNDING INFO/WIND PROFILE... 10Z RUC40 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC... SW 1KT 250FT... SW 1KT 500FT... SW 1KT 1KFT... SE 3KT 2KFT...ESE 7KT 3KFT... E 11KT 4KFT...ESE 12KT 5KFT... SE 11KT MAX WIND...263/37KT 40.9KFT. DRY LAPSE TO 2000FT...INVERSION TO 5100FT...COND STABLE TO 16.8KFT... PSEUDO LAPSE ABV. MOIST 2C DEP SFC-950MB/2000FT...V-DRY ABV. P.W. 1.24 IN. LI -4. SBCAPE 1990 J/KG. 30R75 STM MOTION 128/03KT. **MODIFIED FOR TX=86 TD=79 .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHSA - STENNIS INTL AP - BAY ST LOUIS MS ...KIPN - INDEPENDENCE 28.1N 87.9W ...KMYT - INNOVATOR 28.2N 89.6W ...KSPR - SHIP SHOAL 28.6N 91.2W ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 081051Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW017 27/25 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02670250 TSNO METAR KGAO 081044Z AUTO 00000KT 25/24 A2999 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHSA 080155Z 00000KT 6SM HZ CLR 26/26 A2998 RMK LAST METAR KIPN 081100Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT015 BKN020 28/26 A2999 RMK A01 METAR KMYT 051315Z AUTO 18013KT 4SM HZ FEW015 SCT022 29/27 A2993 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 081055Z AUTO 19010KT 8SM BKN016 28/25 A2997 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 081055Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM BKN018 BKN025 29/26 A2999 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 081055Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM SCT020 BKN038 29/25 A2999 RMK A01 .AREAL AVIATION... COASTAL LAND AREAS...VFR CLR...LCL 4SM BR TIL 14Z. AFT 21Z VFR FEW-SCT040...ISOLD BKN035CB SHRA TOP 350. AFT 01Z...VFR CAVU. MARINE AREAS...VFR CAVU. KHUM 080539Z 0806/0906 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM080900 VRB03KT 5SM BR SCT015 FM081300 12007KT P6SM SCT030 FM081700 14009KT P6SM SCT035 FM090100 14005KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250 KHSA 080539Z 0806/0906 00000KT 5SM BR FEW250 TEMPO 0811/0813 2SM BR SCT015 FM081300 12006KT P6SM SCT030 FM081700 15008KT P6SM SCT040 FM090100 14004KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250 AMD NOT SKED= AREAL OUTLOOK FOR WED...VFR CAVOK. LGT SE WND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR THU...VFR CAVOK. LGT SE WND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR FRI...VFR CAVOK. LGT S WND. .RADAR...AT 0600 CDT...NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF SPILL LOCATION. CLOSEST LGTNG WAS 502NM TO THE SW OFF THE LWR TX CST. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.81 FT AT 0538 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.80 FT AT 0621 CDT. WYCM6 2.21 FT AT 0540 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.90 FT AT 0907 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 85.3F .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........24 20 20 21 21 21 29 29 29 29 26 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............81 81 83 84 85 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 RH..............79 79 78 74 71 69 67 67 67 67 68 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..86 88 90 93 94 95 95 95 95 95 95 94 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..4 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.13 0 0 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CEILINGS........CLR............................................ SEAS............2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........26 25 16 16 12 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............85 84 82 82 81 80 RH..............69 72 77 78 81 85 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 91 90 89 87 85 20 FT WIND......E 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1300 1100 1100 1100 1100 MIX HGT (M).....460 400 340 340 340 340 TRANSPORT WIND..E 8 SE 7 SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 SE 6 TRAN WIND (M/S).E 4 SE 3 SE 4 SE 4 SE 3 SE 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM SM SM .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........28 43 40 40 30 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............80 82 84 85 86 85 RH..............85 79 74 72 70 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..85 89 92 94 95 94 20 FT WIND......E 2 E 5 E 8 SE 6 SE 6 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 10 10 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 1300 1400 1400 1700 1400 MIX HGT (M).....340 400 430 430 520 430 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 6 SE 3 E 5 E 5 E 5 SE 6 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 3 SE 1 E 2 E 2 E 2 SE 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......SM LC CH CH LC LC .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM ERICKSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100608.DEEPW.02/LIX