FNUS74 KLIX 100926 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 426 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FRIDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0300 CDT...1016MB HIGH CNTRD NR 29N/89W. 1018MB HIGH OVR GA RIDGG SW INTO NRN GLFMEX. 5MB GRADIENT...HIGH TO 1011MB ALG CNTRL TX CST. SFC PRES OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1015.8MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0300 CDT.... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/.. 85F HOUMA AWOS-3 /KHUM/.. 78F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/.. 87F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/.. 90F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/.. 76F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/.. 94F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS. ...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. .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 METAR KBVE 100851Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 26/24 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02610239 55006 TSNO METAR KGAO 100904Z AUTO 12004KT CLR 27/24 A2998 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 100900Z AUTO 10SM SCT030 24/24 A2998 RMK AO2 METAR KMDJ 100915Z AUTO 15012KT 10SM FEW022 BKN029 BKN038 29/25 A2999 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 100915Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM FEW020 FEW026 FEW080 30/25 A2998 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 0330 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DETECTED ACROSS CHANDELEUR ISLANDS AND HORN ISLAND MOVING N. NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF SPILL LOCATION. LIGHTNING DETECTED 337NM NORTH NEAR COLUMBUS MS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.71 FT AT 0333 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.13 AT 730 CDT. GISL1 1.35 FT AT 0330 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.40 FT AT 800 CDT. PTFL1 1.49 FT AT 0330 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.82 FT AT 800 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/10/2010 THU 08:42AM LDT 1.3 H 07:50PM LDT -0.3 L 06/11/2010 FRI 09:27AM LDT 1.4 H 08:36PM LDT -0.4 L 06/12/2010 SAT 10:14AM LDT 1.4 H 09:25PM LDT -0.4 L 06/13/2010 SUN 11:02AM LDT 1.4 H 10:14PM LDT -0.4 L .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........29 29 29 22 22 27 27 27 40 40 40 40 40 40 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............80 80 81 81 82 83 85 85 86 86 86 86 86 86 RH..............89 89 88 87 85 81 79 73 71 69 69 71 72 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 89 87 89 91 93 94 95 96 96 96 98 98 96 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 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 LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........40 39 39 39 34 34 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............85 84 82 81 81 81 RH..............73 77 84 86 86 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 93 92 90 90 90 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 7 SE 8 SE 10 S 10 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........34 34 34 34 41 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............81 82 84 87 88 88 RH..............86 84 76 70 68 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 90 94 99 100 100 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 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100610.PORTF.01/LIX