FNUS74 KLIX 291313 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 813 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...1016MB HIGH PRES CNTRD OVER AL. TS ALEX CNTRD NR 22.5N/92.7W AT 0700 CDT...MOVG NNW 10KT. MAX WNDS 60KT. CNTRL PRES 983MB. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1013MB. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0800 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 86F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/... 82F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 87F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 79F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 92F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 82F .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... ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM TROPICAL SHOWERS... * AT 613 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF MOSTLY SHOWERS PRODUCING WINDS TO 33 KNOTS...ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS AND NEAR SHORE AREAS...MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 20 KNOTS. * MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES THROUGH MUCH OF THIS MORNING. .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 291251Z AUTO 12015G19KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02720228 TSNO METAR KGAO 291300Z AUTO 08013G17KT 10SM SCT007 SCT025 SCT031 27/25 A2991 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 291250Z 14005KT 7SM SCT050 BKN070 26/26 A2990 METAR KMDJ 291255Z AUTO 11024KT 6SM HZ BKN018 BKN022 OVC032 29/26 A2990 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 291255Z AUTO 11020KT 9SM FEW050 SCT095 SCT120 28/24 A2989 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... AT 0800 CDT...SCT TROPICAL SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS FM GRAND ISLE TO LWR TERRBN PRSH...MOVG NW 19KT. FEW LGTNG AND G25-33KT THESE CELLS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.02 FT AT 0736 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.11 FT AT 1000 CDT. GISL1 1.75 FT AT 0736 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.93 FT AT 1125 CDT. PTFL1 1.82 FT AT 0736 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.97 FT AT 1130 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/29/2010 TUE 12:01PM LDT 1.0 H 10:56PM LDT 0.0 L 06/30/2010 WED 12:22PM LDT 0.9 H 11:00PM LDT 0.1 L 07/01/2010 THU 12:53PM LDT 1.0 H 11:03PM LDT 0.2 L 07/02/2010 FRI 12:27PM LDT 0.8 H 10:17PM LDT 0.3 L 07/03/2010 SAT 07:38AM LDT 0.7 H 08:38PM LDT 0.4 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........90 90 90 90 90 85 85 85 85 85 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 85 85 85 84 84 85 85 85 84 RH..............78 74 72 75 75 75 75 73 75 75 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 94 94 94 94 93 94 94 94 94 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 80 80 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO 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............84 83 82 83 82 81 RH..............75 78 79 78 80 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 91 93 91 87 20 FT WIND......SE 14 E 14 E 14 E 14 E 14 E 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 30 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............4 5 5 5 5 5 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO RO .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........85 87 87 87 89 89 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 82 85 85 85 85 RH..............86 81 71 73 74 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 91 95 96 94 94 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 14 SE 13 SE 12 SE 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............5 5 5 5 4 4 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO CH CH $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100629.PORTF.05/LIX