FNUS74 KLIX 201909 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 209 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... AT 1400 CDT...1018MB 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...1017MB. 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 1400 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/...104F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...102F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/...102F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/...101F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/...100F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/... 97F GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/...102F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 201851Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T03220256 TSNO METAR KGAO 201903Z AUTO 05003KT CLR 33/24 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S PWINO METAR KHUM 201750Z 36006KT 7SM SCT035 33/24 A3003 METAR KMDJ 201855Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3003 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 201855Z AUTO 04007KT 10SM FEW024 FEW034 FEW043 31/25 A3001 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... ...LIGHTNING CAUTION ADVISED... AT 1400 CDT...ISOLD STG TSTM NR PORT FOURCHON...MOVG SW 5KT. FQT LGTNG THIS CELL. CLOSEST LGTNG...3NM SW OF PT FOURCHON OR 22NM SW OF GRAND ISLE. ISOLD SHWR OVER LWR BARATARIA BAY NR E END GRAND ISLE...MOVG SW 7KT. NO LTGNG ATTM BUT MAY DEVLP LGTNG BEFORE 1430 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.68 FT AT 1334 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.49 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.55 FT AT 1347 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.27 FT AT 1700 CDT. PTFL1 0.48 FT AT 1349 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.19 FT AT 1705 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/20/2010 SUN 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 06/23/2010 WED 08:10AM LDT 1.3 H 07:32PM LDT -0.3 L 06/24/2010 THU 08:55AM LDT 1.3 H 08:17PM LDT -0.3 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........53 53 53 53 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 89 88 RH..............66 64 65 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 99 99 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........53 29 29 29 30 30 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 86 85 84 84 84 RH..............67 69 74 78 79 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 96 96 94 94 94 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 5 S 4 SW 3 S 4 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 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 (%).........30 44 44 44 47 47 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 83 85 87 89 90 RH..............82 80 72 67 64 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 93 96 98 99 103 20 FT WIND......NE 6 NE 7 E 6 E 5 SE 5 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC SM SM SM LC $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100620.PORTF.11/LIX