FNUS74 KLIX 011125 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 625 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2010 ...FIRST SPOT OF THE DAY. 3-HRLY ISSUANCE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0600 CDT...TROPICAL RAINS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE OIL SPILL OPERATIONS AREA THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE TO NO IMPROVEMENT ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. HRCN ALEX CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER INLAND INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. WINDS WILL DECREASE STEADILY TODAY BUT SWELLS WILL BE SLOW TO DAMPEN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. 1018MB HIGH CNTRD NR 29N/89W WITH A TIGHT 15MB GRADIENT TO THE LWR TX CST DUE TO ALEX. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1017MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. .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 011051Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 RAE14 SLP170 P0001 T02560244 TSNO METAR KGAO 011100Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM RA SCT007 25/23 A3002 RMK AO2 P0001 LTG DSNT S METAR KHUM 011050Z 07008KT 6SM BR SCT006 BKN030 25/25 A3000 METAR KMDJ 011115Z AUTO 08018KT 9SM BKN012 OVC017 28/26 A3001 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 011115Z AUTO 08015KT 7SM FEW010 FEW034 SCT055 27/25 A3002 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 0600 CDT...EXPANSIVE AREA OF MOSTLY LGT RAFL FM GRAND ISLE AND PT FOURCHON SE INTO CNTRL GLFMEX...MOVG LTL. NO LGTNG WITHIN 50NM OF GRAND ISLE. RAFL XPCTD TO INCR IN COVERG THIS AM THRU 1000 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.77 FT AT 0551 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.91 FT AT 1130 CDT. GISL1 1.62 FT AT 0548 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.66 FT AT 1200 CDT. PTFL1 1.55 FT AT 0548 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.70 FT AT 1145 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 07/05/2010 MON 06:20AM LDT 1.0 H 05:50PM LDT 0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 80 82 83 84 85 85 85 85 84 84 83 RH..............93 91 87 79 76 74 74 74 75 76 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..79 87 89 92 94 94 94 94 94 94 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 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.......CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 93 93 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 83 81 80 79 79 RH..............77 78 83 89 90 90 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 90 87 87 87 87 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 10 SE 10 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............6 6 6 6 5 5 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........93 90 90 90 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 81 84 84 84 84 RH..............89 83 74 72 72 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 89 94 91 93 93 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............5 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC LC LC .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .MONDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100701.PORTF.01/LIX