FNUS74 KLIX 181712 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1212 PM 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 1200 CDT...BROAD 1020MB RIDGE COVERS THE NW GLFMEX. 4MB GRADIENT W GLFMEX...HIGH TO 1016MB ALONG LWR TX COAST. 2MB GRADIENT ALSO TO WEAK SW-NE ORIENTED 1018MB TROF EXTENDING FROM AL COAST INTO SOUTHEAST US. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION WAS 1018MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1200 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 98F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/... 99F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 103F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 103F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 100F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/... 102F GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 108F .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 181651Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP187 T03000256 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 181703Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM BKN033 BKN039 32/25 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N NE AND S METAR KHUM 181650Z 25004KT 7SM SCT040 33/22 A3007 METAR KMDJ 181655Z AUTO 32006KT CLR 31/24 A3009 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 181655Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3007 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 1200 CDT...ISOLD TSTM 15NM W NEAR PORT FOURCHON WITH ISOLD LGTNG STRIKES NRLY STNRY. ISOLD SHWRS 30-90NM SSE NRLY STNRY. ISOLD SHWRS 80NM WSW NRLY STNRY. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.12 FT AT 1136 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.97 FT AT 2300 CDT. GISL1 0.93 FT AT 1136 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.71 FT AT 2200 CDT. PTFL1 0.99 FT AT 1136 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.68 FT AT 2145 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 49 49 49 49 49 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 89 89 90 89 89 RH..............59 57 56 56 56 57 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 99 99 99 99 97 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 5 5 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 30 20 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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..............59 62 66 71 75 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 94 93 93 93 93 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..............85 84 78 71 68 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 94 100 105 103 102 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.09/LIX