FNUS74 KLIX 011729 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1229 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...TROPICAL SHWRS AND TSTMS CONT TO IMPACT THE LA CSTL WATERS GENLY W OF THE MOUTH OF THE MS RVR. A WK FRONTAL ZONE HAS SETTLED INTO THE ETREME N GLFMEX. THIS WILL MAINTAIN PERIODS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED SHWRS/TSTMS IN THE OPERATIONS AREA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY INTO TONIGHT. A LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WILL BE SLO TO DAMPEN THROUGH TONIGHT. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION...1019MB. .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 011651Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM -RA CLR 28/25 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 P0000 T02780250 TSNO METAR KGAO 011720Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM RA OVC007 25/24 A3007 RMK AO2 P0001 METAR KHUM 011650Z 10008KT 5SM BR BKN008 OVC012 28/28 A3006 RMK LTG DSNT S METAR KMDJ 011715Z AUTO 10015KT 6SM BR CLR 28/26 A3006 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 011715Z AUTO 12011KT 5SM HZ FEW013 FEW018 FEW034 28/25 A3005 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 1200 CDT...EXPANSIVE AREA TROPICAL SHWRS/TSTMS FM MS RVR DELTA WWD TO 100NM S OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY..MOVG NW 10KT. FEW LGTNG G35KT AN 1SM +SHRA THESE CELLS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.95 FT AT 1206 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.10 FT AT 2100 CDT. GISL1 1.88 FT AT 1206 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.02 FT AT 2200 CDT. PTFL1 1.67 FT AT 1215 CDT STEADY NR HIGH TIDE. 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 99 99 100 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 85 85 84 84 83 RH..............77 74 75 76 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 94 94 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 11 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......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 11 E 11 E 12 E 10 SE 9 SE 6 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......E 6 E 7 E 8 SE 8 SE 9 SE 9 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. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .MONDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF 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.03/LIX