FNUS74 KLIX 291819 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 119 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 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 1300 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 94F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...MISG GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 99F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 81F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 94F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 93F .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 THROUGH THIS EVENING... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS AS WELL AS 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 EVENING 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 291753Z 05015KT 10SM FEW008 BKN018 OVC043 28/25 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE49 SLP137 P0000 60041 T02830250 10289 20250 58003 METAR KASD 291753Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM -RA CLR 26/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 P0001 60047 T02610244 10261 20239 58002 METAR KBVE 291751Z AUTO 11013KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 60000 T02940244 10294 20267 51001 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1300 CDT...LGT TROPICAL SHWRS ADVNCG N 10KT ACRS CHAND SND. STRONGER SHWR 5NM E HOPEDALE...MOVG NW 18KT. G28-33KT AND WSPTS PSBL THESE CELLS. COVERG XPCTD TO INC 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) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........86 86 85 85 85 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............83 84 85 85 85 RH..............75 75 74 72 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 94 95 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 100 100 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........85 99 99 99 98 98 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD DEFNTE DEFNTE 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 13 SE 12 SE 11 SE 11 SE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 80 80 80 80 80 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 (%).........98 96 96 96 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR 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......SE 12 SE 11 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 90 90 90 70 70 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.10/LIX