FNUS74 KLIX 301418 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 918 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0900 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/95.3W AT 0700 CDT...MOVG WNW 6KT. MAX WNDS 70KT. CNTRL PRES 959MB. 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 0900 CDT... BOOTHVILLE ASOS /KBVE/...101F HOUMA AWOS /KHUM/...MISG GALLIANO AWOS /KGAO/... 88F SLIDELL ASOS /KASD/... 90F WEST DELTA AWOS-3 /DLP/... 98F RIG INDEPENDENCE AWOS /IPN/...UNREP GULFPORT ASOS /KGPT/... 95F .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 THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. ..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... BRETON SOUND OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS OF LA AND MS OUT 60NM... INCLUDING BARATARIA BAY...BRETON SOUND AND GRAND ISLE... * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 840 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER FROM 27 NM NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE TO 66 NM SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 KNOTS. .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 301351Z AUTO 09009G19KT 10SM FEW019 31/26 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T03060261 TSNO METAR KGAO 301400Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM RA BKN007 BKN031 OVC043 27/26 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S METAR KHUM 301250Z 36005 7SM SCT025 BKN060 25/25 2992 METAR KMDJ 301355Z AUTO 11015KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2993 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301350Z AUTO 09016KT 7SM FEW015 SCT044 BKN060 29/27 A2993 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 0900 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...G30-35KT AND ISOLD WSPTS THESE CELLS. CLOSEST LGTNG...OVR GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.17 FT AT 0848 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.20 FT AT 1030 CDT. GISL1 1.98 FT AT 0850 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.98 FT AT 1100 CDT. PTFL1 1.86 FT AT 0900 CDT STEADY...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) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........96 96 96 98 98 98 98 98 98 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............84 85 86 86 86 85 85 84 84 RH..............79 76 74 72 73 75 77 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 96 98 98 98 96 94 94 93 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......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.06/LIX