FNUS74 KLIX 301310 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 810 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...LARGE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OF HRCN ALEX XTNDG TO LA CST WITH LRG SE SWELL TRAIN 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. TROPICAL SQUALL BANDS DEVLPG AND MOVG ACRS N GLFMEX...PRODUCING NR GALE FORCE GUSTS AT TIMES AND ISOLD WSPTS. .HEAT INDEX READINGS FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS... AT 0800 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/... 97F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/... 79F GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 88F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 81F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 98F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 89F .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 THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. ...BAND OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING GRAND ISLE AND PORT FOURCHON AREAS... * AT 715 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A BAND OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 28 TO 33 KNOTS... FROM 9 NM SOUTHEAST OF TIMBALIER BAY TO 56 NM SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 KNOTS. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE GRAND ISLE AND PORT FOURCHON AREAS THROUGH 1000 AM CDT... * MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY THREATEN TO MOVE ASHORE AT TIMES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. PERSONS INVOLVED WITH NEAR SHORE OIL CLEAN UP OPERATIONS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK COVER FROM LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. .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 301251Z AUTO 09009G16KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02940261 TSNO METAR KGAO 301300Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW METAR KHUM 301250Z 36005 7SM SCT025 BKN060 25/25 2992 METAR KMDJ 301255Z AUTO 12019G24KT 9SM FEW015 FEW024 SCT044 29/25 A2993 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301255Z AUTO 09016KT 8SM FEW018 FEW028 FEW046 29/27 A2992 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 1000 CDT... AT 0800 CDT...A SOLID SQUALL BAND OF TRPCL SHWRS FM PT FOUCHON TO BYD 100NM SE OF GRAND ISLE...MOVG NW 18KT...BUT DRIFTG N TWDS GRAND ISLE AND LWR BARATARIA BAY. FEW LGTNG...G28-33KT AND ISOLD WSPTS THESE CELLS. CLOSEST LGTNG...11NM W OF GRAND ISLE...4NM N OF PT FOURCHON. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.07 FT AT 0742 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.20 FT AT 1030 CDT. GISL1 1.76 FT AT 0750 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.98 FT AT 1100 CDT. PTFL1 1.85 FT AT 0738 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.00 FT AT 1130 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) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........96 96 96 96 98 98 98 98 98 98 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............83 84 85 86 86 86 85 85 84 84 RH..............82 79 76 74 72 73 75 77 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..91 93 96 98 98 98 96 94 94 93 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......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.05/LIX