FNUS74 KLIX 080901 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 401 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY... .SYNOPSIS...AT 0400 CDT...THE OLD COLD FRONT WAS VERY WEAKLY DEFINED ACROSS SERN LA AND IN THE NWRN GULF. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE ERN SEABOARD IS ALREADY BUILDING SWWRD WHILE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WAS ALREADY CONTROLLING MUCH OF THE CNTRL GLFMEX. SFC PRESSURE OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1014MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL MAINLY OVER NEAR SHORE LAND AREAS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL MAINLY OVER NEAR SHORE LAND AREAS. COASTAL 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. MARINE AREAS.... ...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. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 080853Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02780239 53005 TSNO METAR KASD 080853Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR FEW001 SCT028 26/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02560244 53004 METAR KBVE 080851Z AUTO 19004KT 9SM CLR 27/25 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02720250 55005 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM LAKE ELOI LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR...AT 0400 CDT...NO ECHOES DETECTED OVER THE OPERATIONS AREA. GLFMEX WAS MOSTLY VOID OF TSRA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.07 FT AT 0305 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.82 FT AT 0629 CDT. GRPL1 0.97 FT AT 0319 CDT RISING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 06/11/2010 FRI 09:46AM LDT 1.7 H 08:55PM LDT -0.5 L 06/12/2010 SAT 10:30AM LDT 1.7 H 09:43PM LDT -0.5 L .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........22 22 30 30 30 30 28 28 37 37 37 37 33 33 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 80 81 82 85 87 88 88 89 89 89 89 89 88 RH..............86 86 80 78 74 68 64 61 60 58 58 59 60 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 87 86 89 93 96 97 98 100 100 100 99 97 97 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NE E E NE E E E E SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 4 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........33 21 20 20 25 28 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 85 82 81 79 79 RH..............63 69 78 81 85 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 93 90 89 87 85 20 FT WIND......SE 5 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 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 SM SM .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........28 39 31 31 31 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 82 85 87 88 87 RH..............87 78 69 64 63 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..85 89 94 98 98 98 20 FT WIND......SE 3 SE 5 E 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...MIKE EFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100608.HOPED.01/LIX