FNUS74 KLIX 301110 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 610 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0600 CDT...LARGE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OF HRCN ALEX XTNDG TO LA CST WITH LRG SE FETCH THRU YUCATAN CHANNEL DRAWN INTO SPILL OPS AREA. HRCN ALEX CNTRD NR 23.4N/95.1W AT 0542 CDT...MOVG WNW 6KT. MAX WNDS 70KT. CNTRL PRES 959MB PER RECON FIX. WK 1017MB HIGH OVR S GA. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1013MB. OCNL TROPICAL SQUALL BANS DEVLPG AND MOVG ACRS N GLFMEX...PRODUCING NR GALE FORCE GUSTS AT -TIMES. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0600 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 93F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/... 76F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 81F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 78F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 96F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 86F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY. THE ONSHORE WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN TIDE LEVELS RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE RISE IN TIDES WILL RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAINLY DURING HIGH TIDE. FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS AND SHELL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * HURRICANE ALEX IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION COULD COMBINE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED SIX INCH AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER POPULATED AND URBANIZED AREAS COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING...SOME SEVERE...MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE AND CAUSING FLOODING OF PARKED AND STALLED CARS. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND SOME ROADS IN RURAL AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RISING WATER COULD ALSO POSE A THREAT TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .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 301051Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02830256 TSNO METAR KGAO 301100Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM VCTS SCT012 SCT039 26/25 A2992 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 301055Z 03006KT 6SM -RA SCT037 SCT060 24/24 A2994 METAR KMDJ 301055Z AUTO 12018KT 4SM HZ FEW003 SCT022 BKN043 29/27 A2990 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301055Z AUTO 10017KT 9SM FEW015 29/26 A2990 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... ...LIGHTNING CAUTION ADVISED FOR PT FOURCHON AREA TIL 0800 CDT... AT 0600 CDT...LARGE AREA OF SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS INCRSG IN COVERG FM GRAND ISLE TO 91NM SE OF GRAND ISLE...MOVG NW 18KT. FEW LGTNG...G33KT AND ISOLD WSPTS THESE CELLS. CLOSEST LGTNG...21NM SW OF GRAND ISLE...8NM S OF PT FOURCHON. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.80 FT AT 0536 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.05 FT AT 1030 CDT. GISL1 1.57 FT AT 0536 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.98 FT AT 1100 CDT. PTFL1 1.54 FT AT 0536 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.85 FT AT 1100 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 07/04/2010 SUN 06:24AM LDT 0.8 H 06:21PM LDT 0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........98 96 96 96 96 96 98 98 98 98 98 98 WEATHER COV.....DEF WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............82 82 83 84 85 86 86 86 85 85 84 84 RH..............83 83 82 79 76 74 72 73 75 77 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 89 91 93 96 98 98 98 96 94 94 93 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO VRO VRO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........98 97 97 97 100 100 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............84 83 83 83 82 82 RH..............77 79 77 78 79 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 90 90 90 90 20 FT WIND......E 14 E 13 E 12 SE 10 SE 10 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............6 6 6 6 5 5 SEA STATE.......RO CH CH CH CH CH .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 86 86 86 89 89 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 82 83 85 84 83 RH..............79 79 77 73 74 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 90 92 95 94 92 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 8 S 9 S 10 S 10 S 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............5 3 3 3 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100630.PORTF.03/LIX