FNUS74 KLIX 292304 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 604 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1800 CDT...1016MB HIGH PRES CNTRD OVER S GA. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1012MB. OCNL TROPICAL SQUALL BANDS DEVLPG AND MOVG ACRS N GLFMEX...PRODUCING NR GALE FORCE GUSTS AT TIMES. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 1800 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 92F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...MISG GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 97F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 88F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 92F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 292251Z AUTO 09014G20KT 10SM FEW023 29/24 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02890239 TSNO METAR KGAO 292240Z AUTO 06010G16KT 10SM SCT023 SCT031 SCT037 30/25 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W METAR KHUM 292250Z 04005 7SM SCT024 BKN120 27/27 2988 METAR KMDJ 292255Z AUTO 10022KT 7SM FEW003 SCT017 BKN027 29/26 A2986 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 292255Z AUTO 08025KT 9SM FEW020 SCT039 BKN070 29/25 A2986 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 1800 CDT...LRG AREA OF SCT-NMRS SHWRS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE SHORELINE G30-35KT AND FEW LGTNG EXPECTED W/THESE CELLS AS THEY MOVE INLAND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.31 FT AT 1800 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.76 FT AT 2200 CDT. GISL1 1.55 FT AT 1800 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.73 FT AT 2300 CDT. PTFL1 1.36 FT AT 1800 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.60 FT AT 2230 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........85 99 99 99 99 99 99 98 98 98 98 98 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WID WID DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 RH..............81 81 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 89 89 89 89 89 91 91 91 91 91 91 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO VRO VRO VRO VRO 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 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........98 97 97 97 100 100 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............84 84 83 83 83 83 RH..............75 76 79 80 80 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 93 93 93 91 20 FT WIND......SE 11 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 4 SEA STATE.......RO CH CH CH CH CH .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...EFFERSON REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100629.PORTF.16/LIX