FNUS74 KLIX 122101 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 401 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... .SYNOPSIS...AT 1600 CDT...BROAD 1020MB HIGH NOW CNTRD OVER THE NERN GLFMEX WITH LOWER PRESSURE(1013MB) NOTED OVER THE LOWER TX COAST. THIS IS LEADING TO A 7MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CNTRL AND WRN GULF. SKIES WERE CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE GULF WITH WIDELY SCT TSRA DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHSHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. SFC PRES OVER THE SPILL SITE WAS 1019MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1600 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/...MISSING HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...101F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/...105F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/...103F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/...103F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...MISSING .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 THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BATON ROUGE TO SLIDELL TO BILOXI 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 111351Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM FEW065 30/25 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T03000250 TSNO METAR KGAO 122044Z AUTO 13010G14KT SCT031 33/25 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N PWINO METAR KHUM 121950Z 18005KT 7SM SCT030 34/22 A3008 METAR KMDJ 122055Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM FEW025 30/25 A3010 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 122055Z AUTO VRB04KT 9SM FEW022 32/25 A3008 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 1600 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES OVER OPS AREA BUT WIDELY SCT TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND WEST TWRDS BATON ROUGE. THE CLOSEST STORM IS 60NM TO THE N OF PORT FOURCHON. THERE WAS ALSO SOME DEVELOPMENT OVER TERREBONNE PARISH. ELSEWHERE THINGS REMAIN VERY QUIET. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.78 FT AT 1531 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.08 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 0.93 FT AT 1529 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.06 FT AT 2058 CDT. PTFL1 0.80 FT AT 1535 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.22 FT AT 2058 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) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........45 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............89 88 RH..............65 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 99 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 SEAS............1 1 SEA STATE.......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 86 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 97 96 94 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 72 66 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 94 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.12/LIX