FNUS74 KLIX 291717 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1217 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...1017MB HIGH PRES CNTRD OVER S GA. TS ALEX CNTRD NR 22.7N/93.1W AT 1000 CDT...MOVG NW 10KT. MAX WNDS 60KT. CNTRL PRES 982MB. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1014MB. OCNL TROPICAL SQUALL BANDS DEVELPG AND MOVG ACRS N GLFMEX...PRODUCING NR GALE FORCE GUSTS AT TIMES. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1200 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 93F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/... 89F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 97F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 80F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 94F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 90F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIDES ACROSS THE REGION ARE RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL FROM A PROLONGED SOUTHEAST FETCH COMING INTO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW WATER TO PILE ALONG THE COAST WITH TIDES TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN SOME LOCATIONS. HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...TROPICAL SHOWERS TO PRODUCE NEAR GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS TODAY... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND BECOMING WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS BUT EXTENDING WELL INTO THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX THAT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 25 TO 33 KNOTS OVER OPEN WATERS THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. WATERSPOUTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP UNDER SOME OF THESE SHOWERS. * IN ADDITION...A PRONOUNCED SWELL TRAIN PRODUCED BY TROPICAL STORM ALEX CONTINUES TO ROLL INTO THE SHOALING AREAS ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST. THE ADDITION OF SQUALL GUSTS CAN PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVES THAT CAN CAPSIZE SMALL VESSELS OPERATING IN SHALLOW WATERS. * MARINERS AND OPERATORS INVOLVED WITH OIL SPILL CLEAN UP OPERATIONS SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF SUDDEN SQUALL GUSTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS DURING PASSAGE OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ENSURE ALL ON BOARD ARE ALWAYS WEARING APPROVED PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 291653Z 06012KT 10SM RA BKN018 OVC043 28/27 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP140 P0001 T02780272 $ METAR KASD 291653Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM -RA FEW016 SCT038 BKN060 26/24 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 P0005 T02560239 METAR KBVE 291651Z AUTO 11011G17KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02940239 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1200 CDT...LGT TROPICAL SHWRS ADVNCG N 10KT ACRS BRETON SND. STRONGER SHWRS DEVELPG OUTSIDE CHAND ISLS...MOVG NW 18KT. G28-33KT AND WSPTS PSBL THESE CELLS. COVERG XPCTD TO BEC NMRS THRU 1500 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.20 FT AT 1132 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.76 FT AT 2200 CDT. GRPL1 2.74 FT AT 1123 CDT RISING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/29/2010 TUE 12:13PM LDT 1.3 H 11:08PM LDT -0.1 L 06/30/2010 WED 12:39PM LDT 1.1 H 11:16PM LDT 0.1 L 07/01/2010 THU 12:59PM LDT 0.9 H 11:06PM LDT 0.2 L 07/02/2010 FRI 03:36AM LDT 0.2 L 05:02PM LDT 0.7 H 07/03/2010 SAT 02:50AM LDT 0.3 L 12:13PM LDT 0.6 H .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........86 86 86 85 85 85 WEATHER COV.....WID NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 83 84 85 85 85 RH..............75 75 75 74 72 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 92 94 95 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........85 90 90 90 85 85 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 83 81 81 81 80 RH..............72 77 82 81 82 87 HEAT INDEX (F)..95 92 87 89 89 85 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 14 SE 14 E 13 E 12 E 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 5 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO CH CH .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........85 87 87 87 92 92 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 82 85 85 85 85 RH..............87 79 73 73 73 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..85 89 95 96 94 95 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 8 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............5 5 5 5 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100629.HOPED.09/LIX