FNUS74 KLIX 181216 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 716 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS...AT 0700 CDT...BROAD 1019MB RIDGE COVERS THE NW GLFMEX. 4MB GRADIENT W GLFMEX...HIGH TO 1015MB ALONG LWR TX COAST. 2MB GRADIENT ALSO TO WEAK SW-NE ORIENTED 1017MB TROF EXTENDING FROM AL COAST INTO SOUTHEAST US. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION WAS 1018MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0700 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 81F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/... 84F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 79F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 85F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 92F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/... 98F GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 85F .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. .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 181151Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM -RA BR SCT041 BKN055 BKN070 26/24 A3008 RMK AO2 RAB1054 SLP184 P0018 60043 70043 T02560239 10294 20250 53019 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 181203Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM VCTS CLR 26/25 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE METAR KHUM 181150Z 14004KT 7SM CLR 26/26 A3006 METAR KMDJ 181155Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM SCT023 SCT030 31/25 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 181155Z AUTO 35011KT 6SM HZ SCT027 BKN034 28/26 A3006 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 0700 CDT...NUMRS TSTMS LOCATED WITHIN 5-10 NM VICNITY WITH FRQNT LGTNG STRIKES MOVEMENT NRLY STNRY. OTHER ISOLD SHWR 30NM E NEAR BOOTHVILLE NRLY STNRY. ISOLD SHWR 50-70NM S-SE NRLY STNRY. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.19 FT AT 0636 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.29 FT AT 0900 CDT. GISL1 1.00 FT AT 0648 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.03 FT AT 0900 CDT. PTFL1 1.17 FT AT 0648 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.12 FT AT 0800 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/18/2010 FRI 09:35AM LDT 0.7 H 10:06PM LDT 0.5 L 06/19/2010 SAT 07:12AM LDT 0.8 H 05:10PM LDT 0.3 L 06/20/2010 SUN 06:41AM LDT 0.9 H 05:25PM LDT 0.0 L 06/21/2010 MON 06:55AM LDT 1.1 H 06:03PM LDT -0.1 L 06/22/2010 TUE 07:28AM LDT 1.2 H 06:47PM LDT -0.3 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 50 49 49 49 49 49 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 86 86 87 88 88 89 89 90 89 89 RH..............73 71 70 70 67 65 64 63 62 62 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 98 99 101 101 102 101 101 101 99 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W NW NW S S SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 14 10 7 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 30 20 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........49 32 32 32 36 36 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 87 85 84 83 83 RH..............63 67 72 74 77 78 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 95 95 94 92 92 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 NW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM LC LC LC LC LC .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........36 53 53 53 57 57 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 82 86 88 89 89 RH..............81 78 70 66 62 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 92 98 101 101 101 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 5 N 5 NE 4 E 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100618.PORTF.04/LIX