FNUS74 KLIX 202024 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 324 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 201951Z AUTO 06007KT 9SM CLR 32/26 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T03220256 TSNO METAR KGAO 202003Z AUTO 36004KT CLR 34/23 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE PWINO METAR KHUM 201750Z 36006KT 7SM SCT035 33/24 A3003 METAR KMDJ 202015Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3000 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 202015Z AUTO 07008KT 9SM FEW027 31/25 A2999 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 1500 CDT...CLUSTER OF TSTMS 9-19NM N OF GRAND ISLE OVER BARATARIA BAY...MOVG SW 7KT. OCNL LGTNG THESE CELLS. THIS CLUSTER MAY EXPAND SWD TO IMPACT GRAND ISLE BEFORE 1600 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.65 FT AT 1442 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.49 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.45 FT AT 1442 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.27 FT AT 1700 CDT. PTFL1 0.33 FT AT 1457 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........53 53 53 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 88 RH..............64 65 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 99 20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 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 (%).........53 45 45 45 45 45 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD 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 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC SM SM SM LC .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........45 44 44 44 47 47 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD 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 (%).20 40 40 40 40 40 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.PORTF.12/LIX