FNUS74 KLIX 292113 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 413 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1600 CDT...1016MB HIGH PRES CNTRD OVER S GA. TS ALEX CNTRD NR 23.2N/94.0W AT 1600 CDT...MOVG NW 11KT. MAX WNDS 60KT. CNTRL PRES 981MB. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1013MB. OCNL TROPICAL SQUALL BANDS DEVLPG AND MOVG ACRS N GLFMEX...PRODUCING NR GALE FORCE GUSTS AT TIMES. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1600 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 93F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...MISG GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 97F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 87F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 94F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 94F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 292051Z AUTO 10012G20KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02940233 56010 TSNO METAR KGAO 292100Z AUTO 07009G15KT SCT020 30/25 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W PWINO METAR KHUM 292050Z 02005 7SM SCT017 SCT038 BKN110 27/27 2990 RMK RAE35 TS W MOV NE METAR KMDJ 292055Z AUTO 11023KT 8SM SCT023 SCT030 BKN037 30/26 A2989 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 292055Z AUTO 09019G25KT 6SM HZ FEW023 29/25 A2988 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 1600 CDT...NO ECHOES DETECTED ALG THE IMMEDIATE SE LA CST. LRG AREA OF SCT-NMRS TROPICAL SHWRS DEVLPG 10-60NM S OF GRAND ISLE AND PT FOURCHON...MOVG N 15KT. G30-35KT AND FEW LGTNG XPCTD THESE CELLS AS THEY APPROACH GRAND ISLE AND BARATARIA BAY THRU 1900 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.78 FT AT 1530 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.76 FT AT 2200 CDT. GISL1 1.82 FT AT 1548 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.73 FT AT 2300 CDT. PTFL1 1.71 FT AT 1542 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.60 FT AT 2234 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 06/29/2010 TUE 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) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........85 85 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TEMP............83 83 RH..............78 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..91 91 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 SEAS............5 5 SEA STATE.......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............82 82 82 82 82 82 RH..............81 81 80 80 80 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 89 89 91 91 91 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 14 SE 14 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 35 35 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............5 5 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......RO RO VRO VRO VRO VRO .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........98 96 96 96 98 98 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............82 82 84 84 84 85 RH..............82 81 76 75 75 74 HEAT INDEX (F)..91 91 92 93 93 94 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 14 SE 14 SE 14 SE 14 SE 13 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 35 35 30 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 90 90 90 80 80 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO RO RO RO RO $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100629.PORTF.13/LIX