FNUS74 KLIX 081507 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1007 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 .SYNOPSIS...AT 1000 CDT...1018MB HIGH CNTRD NR 28N/90W. DIFFUSE FNTL ZN ACRS LWR SE LA TO CNTRL FL PEN...NRLY STNY. GRADIENT HIGH TO 1012MB ALG TX CST. SFC PRESSURE OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1017MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1000 CDT.... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/.........100F HOUMA AWOS-3/KHUM/............. 99F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS-3/IPN/...105F SLIDELL /KASD/.................100F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/........105F .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... 14Z RUC13 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC...WSW 5KT 250FT...WSW 6KT 500FT...WSW 7KT 1KFT... SW 6KT 2KFT... SE 4KT 3KFT...ESE 7KT 4KFT...ESE 5KT 5KFT... SE 3KT MAX WIND...266/36KT 35.7KFT. DRY LAPSE TO 3700FT...INVERSION TO 5100FT...PSEUDO ABV. MOIST 2C DEP SFC-900MB/3500FT...V-DRY ABV. P.W. 1.56 IN. LI -6. SBCAPE 2390 J/KG. 30R75 STM MOTION 12602KT. **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 081451Z AUTO 05004KT 9SM CLR 30/26 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T03000261 51019 TSNO METAR KGAO 081444Z AUTO 27003KT SCT015 SCT041 30/26 A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHSA 081455Z 10004KT 10SM SCT050 31/24 A3006 METAR KIPN 081500Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW014 BKN038 32/26 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KMYT 051315Z AUTO 18013KT 4SM HZ FEW015 SCT022 29/27 A2993 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 081455Z AUTO 17005KT 6SM HZ CLR 29/25 A3006 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 081455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3008 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 081455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW019 31/26 A3006 RMK A01 .AREAL AVIATION... COASTAL LAND AREAS...VFR SCT017-022. AFT 18Z VFR FEW-SCT040...ISOLD BKN035CB SHRA TOP 350. AFT 01Z...VFR CAVU. MARINE AREAS...VFR FEW-SCT 018-022. KHUM 081141Z 0812/0912 VRB03KT 5SM BR SCT017 SCT100 FM081400 06006KT P6SM SCT030 FM081700 13009KT P6SM SCT035CB FM082300 14006KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250 FM091100 00000KT 4SM BR FEW250 KHSA 081141Z 0812/0912 07005KT P6SM SCT017 BKN030 TEMPO 0812/0813 BKN017 FM081500 09006KT P6SM SCT030 FM082000 15008KT P6SM SCT040 FM090100 14004KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250= 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 1000 CDT...NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF SPILL LOCATION. CLOSEST LGTNG WAS 380NM TO THE W NR 29N/95W IN THE WRN GLFMEX. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.48 FT AT 0941 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.29 FT AT 1700 CDT. WYCM6 2.22 FT AT 0949 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.91 FT AT 2013 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 83.3F .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........21 21 29 29 29 29 26 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............85 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 RH..............70 69 67 67 67 67 68 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 95 95 95 95 95 95 94 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CEILINGS........S18........................... SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100608.DEEPW.06/LIX