FNUS74 KLIX 121902 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 202 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... .SYNOPSIS...AT 1400 CDT...BROAD 1021MB HIGH OVER MUCH OF THE SERN CONUS AND INTO THE NERN GLFMEX. LOWER PRESSURE(1014MB) NOTED OVER THE LOWER TX COAST LEADING TO A 7/8MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CNTRL AND WRN GULF. SKIES WERE CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE GULF. SFC PRES OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1020MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1400 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/...MISSING HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...102F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/...105F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/...100F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/...105F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/... 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 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR... * 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 111351Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM FEW065 30/25 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T03000250 TSNO METAR KGAO 121844Z AUTO 12007KT SCT030 SCT037 SCT045 33/25 A3010 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 121750Z 15006KT 7SM SCT030 33/24 A3010 METAR KMDJ 121855Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3011 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 121855Z AUTO VRB04G11KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A3010 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 1400 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES OVER OPS AREA INFACT EVEN CLOUDS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO COME BY OVER THE WATER. THE CLOSEST LGHTNG DETECTED WAS OVER 350NM AWAY OVER CNTRL GA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.37 FT AT 1338 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.08 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 1.44 FT AT 1334 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.06 FT AT 2058 CDT. PTFL1 1.38 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.21 FT AT 2100 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 06/14/2010 MON 11:50AM LDT 1.4 H 10:59PM LDT -0.3 L 06/15/2010 TUE 12:35PM LDT 1.3 H 11:38PM LDT -0.1 L 06/16/2010 WED 01:14PM LDT 1.1 H .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........45 45 45 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............89 89 89 88 RH..............63 64 65 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 100 100 99 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........45 30 30 30 20 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 86 85 83 82 81 RH..............67 72 77 82 85 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 97 96 93 90 89 20 FT WIND......SE 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........20 35 35 35 45 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............82 83 85 87 88 88 RH..............84 81 77 71 66 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 93 97 99 99 98 20 FT WIND......SW 3 SW 3 S 4 E 5 E 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM LC LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORNE TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100612.PORTF.10/LIX