FNUS74 KLIX 011418 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 918 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0900 CDT...TROPICAL SHWRS AND TSTMS CONT TO IMPACT THE OIL SPILL OPERATIONS AREA THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE TO NO IMPROVEMENT ANTICIPATED REMNDR OF THE MORNING. ALEX CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER INLAND INTO N-CNTRL MEXICO. WINDS WILL DECREASE STEADILY TODAY BUT SWELLS WILL BE SLOW TO DAMPEN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS A LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1017MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRU 7 AM FRI FOR NEAR SHORE WATERS AND THRU 1 PM FRI FOR OUTER CSTL WATERS. .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 011351Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM BKN012 27/24 A3006 RMK AO2 RAE42 SLP179 P0000 T02670244 TSNO METAR KGAO 011400Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM BKN010 26/25 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW METAR KHUM 011350Z 06006KT 6SM BR SCT006 BKN034 26/26 A3005 METAR KMDJ 011355Z AUTO 14010KT 4SM BR CLR 28/26 A3003 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 011355Z AUTO 09019KT 9SM BKN011 BKN016 27/26 A3003 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 0900 CDT...EXPANSIVE AREA TROPICAL SHWRS/TSTMS FM 20NM S OF GRAND ISLE TO THE TERRBN PRSH CST...MOVG NW 10KT. FEW LGTNG...G35KT...1SM +SHRA THESE CELLS. COVERG TO INCR NR SHORE BY 1200 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.02 FT AT 0831 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.06 FT AT 1024 CDT. GISL1 1.70 FT AT 0844 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.80 FT AT 1206 CDT. PTFL1 1.61 FT AT 0839 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) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............83 84 85 85 85 85 84 84 83 RH..............79 76 74 74 74 75 76 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 94 94 94 94 94 94 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......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.02/LIX