FNUS74 KLIX 101214 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 714 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0600 CDT...1017MB HIGH CNTRD NR 29N/89W. 1018MB HIGH OVR SRN GA/NRN FL RIDGG SW INTO NWRN GLFMEX AND ANOTHER RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE NRN GLF COAST. 6MB GRADIENT...HIGH TO 1011MB ALG CNTRL AND LOWER TX CST. SFC PRES OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1016MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0600 CDT.... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/.. 85F HOUMA AWOS-3 /KHUM/.. 77F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/.. 87F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/.. 91F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/.. 76F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/.. 97F .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 IN EFFECT TODAY TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BATON ROUGE TO HAMMOND TO NEW ORLEANS LINE... * AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. WARMER URBAN AREAS MAY SEE THE HEAT INDEX RISE TO NEAR 110 DEGREES. .SOUNDING INFO/WIND PROFILE... 12Z RUC13 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC... SE 8KT 250FT... SE 11KT 500FT... SE 12KT 1KFT... SE 12KT 2KFT.. SE 12KT 3KFT... SE 13KT 4KFT...ESE 13KT 5KFT... SE 13KT MAX WIND...254/23KT 40.2KFT. DRY LAPSE TO 2700FT...INVERSION FROM 2700 TO 6800 FT... MOIST LAPSE ABV 6800FT. MOIST LAYER FROM 1900 FT TO 5.1K FT...DRY THROUGHOUT REST OF COLUMN. P.W. 1.80 IN. LI -6. SBCAPE 2562 J/KG. 30R75 STM MOTION 169/8KT. 10/06Z NAM12 MODEL SNDG AT SPOT LOCATION VALID 12Z FRI 06/11/10 SFC... SE 9KT 250FT... SE 13KT 500FT... SE 10KT 1KFT...SSE 14KT 2KFT...SSE 15KT 3KFT...SSE 14KT 4KFT...SSE 14KT 5KFT... SE 15KT MAX WIND...144/16KT 8.0KFT. DRY LAPSE SFC TO 1200FT...INVERSION 1200FT TO 4100FT PSEUDO -6.8C/KM LAPSE ABV 4100FT. INV-V TO 4C DEP 1000MB/350FT...V-DRY ABV. P.W. 1.59 IN. LI -7.8. SBCAPE 4390 J/KG. 30R75 STM MOTION 189/09KT. .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 101151Z AUTO 13004KT 2SM BR CLR 27/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02670244 10267 20256 51008 TSNO METAR KGAO 101204Z AUTO 13003KT 27/25 A3001 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHSA 101151Z 00000KT 5SM BR SCT024 BKN100 23/23 A3001 METAR KIPN 101150Z AUTO 12012KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3003 RMK A01 METAR KMYT 051315Z AUTO 18013KT 4SM HZ FEW015 SCT022 29/27 A2993 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 101155Z AUTO 16010KT 10SM SCT018 28/25 A2999 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 101155Z AUTO 16012KT 10SM FEW022 SCT026 SCT034 29/24 A3002 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 101155Z AUTO VRB06G11KT 9SM FEW022 30/25 A3001 RMK A01 .AREAL AVIATION... COASTAL LAND AREAS...VFR CAVU...LCL 4SM BR B/T 09-13Z. MARINE AREAS...VFR FEW-SCT018-022. KHUM 101125Z 1012/1112 16003KT 6SM BR BKN028 TEMPO 1012/1014 5SM BR SCT028 FM101400 16008KT P6SM SCT035 SCT120 FM110100 16005KT P6SM FEW045 SCT250 FM111000 16004KT 5SM BR SCT026 TEMPO 1110/1112 BKN026 KHSA 101125Z 1012/1112 VRB03KT P6SM SCT022 TEMPO 1012/1014 BKN022 FM101400 17009KT P6SM SCT035 SCT120 FM110100 16004KT P6SM FEW045 SCT250= AREAL OUTLOOK FOR FRI...VFR SCT025. LGT SE WND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR SAT...VFR SCT025. LGT SE WND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR SUN...VFR SCT025. LGT & VRB WND. .RADAR... AT 0700 CDT...NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF SPILL LOCATION. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.16 FT AT 0629 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE OCCURING NOW. WYCM6 2.28 FT AT 0642 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.64 FT AT 0958 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 86F .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........18 18 23 23 23 31 31 31 31 31 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............81 82 83 84 85 86 86 86 86 86 86 RH..............82 82 79 77 74 72 70 70 70 70 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 89 90 92 94 95 95 95 95 95 95 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 1.9 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........31 32 32 32 27 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............85 84 82 82 82 82 RH..............72 74 79 82 82 82 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 92 89 89 89 89 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 3000 2800 2800 2700 2500 MIX HGT (M).....980 910 850 850 820 760 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 S 13 S 14 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 4 SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 S 6 S 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........27 27 27 27 30 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............82 82 82 85 85 85 RH..............82 82 81 74 74 74 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 89 91 96 96 96 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 7 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 15 MIX HGT (FT)....2500 2300 2700 2700 3000 2900 MIX HGT (M).....760 700 820 820 910 880 TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 S 10 SE 7 SE 7 SE 12 S 13 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6 S 4 SE 3 SE 3 SE 5 S 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM ERICKSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100610.DEEPW.03/LIX