FNUS74 KLIX 202023 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 323 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... AT 1500 CDT...1017MB HIGH PRES CNTRD NR 27N/90W...RDGG TO CNTRL FL CST. TROF OF LOW PRES ALG GA ATLC CST INTO APALACHEE BAY. WK 1017MB TROF ORIENTED E-W FM SE LA TO APALACHEE BAY...STNRY. SQLN MAY DEVLP ALG TROF FEATURES AND IMPACT OPS AREA LT TNGT. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1016MB. A FEW LATEST NUMERICAL MODELS ARE INDICATING A POSSIBILITY OF A STRONG TO SEVERE SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE SPILL OPERATIONS AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE AREA OF CONCERN WOULD BE THUNDERTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER SW GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT ORGANIZES AND MOVES SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE SPILL LOCATION AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY. SHOULD THIS SCENARIO DEVELOP...SQUALL GUSTS 40-45 KT...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN RESULT FOR AN HOUR DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS SQUALL LINE. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1500 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/...104F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...102F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/...105F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/...103F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/...100F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/... 97F GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/...104F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULS SVR PSBL...5% CHC DMGG WNDS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL TSTMS...LCL AFTN PULSE SVR PSBL MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY... .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 201953Z 03005KT 10SM FEW045 34/24 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP154 TCU DSNT S T03390239 METAR KASD 201953Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP157 T03440228 METAR KBVE 201951Z AUTO 06007KT 9SM CLR 32/26 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T03220256 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM LAKE ELOI LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1500 CDT...NO ECHOES DETECTED WITHIN THE LA SNDS. ISOLD TSTM 59NM S NR SW PASS MS RVR...MOVG SW 5KT. OCNL LGTNG THIS CELL. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.65 FT AT 1442 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.49 FT AT 1600 CDT. GRPL1 0.95 FT AT 1423 CDT FALLING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/20/2010 SUN 05:53PM LDT 0.0 L 06/21/2010 MON 07:14AM LDT 1.3 H 06:29PM LDT -0.2 L 06/22/2010 TUE 07:47AM LDT 1.5 H 07:10PM LDT -0.4 L 06/23/2010 WED 08:27AM LDT 1.6 H 07:52PM LDT -0.5 L 06/24/2010 THU 09:09AM LDT 1.6 H 08:33PM LDT -0.5 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 89 RH..............61 61 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 101 99 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........50 45 45 45 45 45 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 85 83 83 82 RH..............64 68 74 79 80 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 96 96 94 94 93 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 5 SW 5 SW 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........45 37 37 37 44 44 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 84 86 88 89 91 RH..............81 77 70 64 64 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 93 99 99 101 105 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 S 6 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100620.HOPED.12/LIX