FNUS74 KLIX 031807 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 107 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...1014MB INVERTED TROF NR 88W...DRIFTG W. ARC OF SHWRS/SCT TSTMS SRN SEMI-CIRCLE OF CNTR MNLY S OF 27N. 1024MB HIGH OVER CAROLINAS WITH A 10MB GRADIENT...LOW TO HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1016MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES... AT 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /KGAO/... 87F HOUMA /KHUM/... F GULFPORT /KGPT/... 96F SLIDELL /KASD/... 93F BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... 93F WEST DELTA /DLP /... 94F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. * EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS OF 3 TO 4 FEET THIS MORNING WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET NEARSHORE...4 TO 6 FEET OFFSHORE BY LATE TONIGHT. ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. * EAST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ALONG AND JUST OFF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TIDES HIGHER THAN NORMAL TODAY AND TONIGHT. TIDES NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF TIDAL MARSHES AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST AND BAYOUS IN HANCOCK COUNTY...PARTICULARLY AT THE PERIOD OF HIGH TIDE TODAY AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. .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 031751Z AUTO 09013G21KT 10SM FEW019 SCT027 29/24 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB32E44 SLP163 P0000 60003 T02890244 10300 20267 58004 TSNO METAR KGAO 031800Z AUTO 28004KT SCT007 SCT010 BKN027 27/24 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E W AND NW PWINO METAR KHUM 031650Z 07005KT 7SM SCT020 BKN040 31/26 A3002 METAR KMDJ 031755Z AUTO 06008KT FEW022 30/24 A3001 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 031755Z AUTO 07023KT 10SM FEW018 SCT024 SCT039 29/25 A2999 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 1300 CDT...BAND OF SHWRS MOVG INTO BARATARIA BAY FM MS RVR...MOVG W 20KT. NO LGTNG THESE CELLS. G25KT AND BRIEF MDT RAFL XPTD AS THESE CELLS MOVE ACROSS BARATARIA BAY...GRAND ISLE AND PT FOURCHON AREA DURG THE HR. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.78 FT AT 1241 CDT RISING...LOW TIDE 1.18 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 1.33 FT AT 1236 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.02 FT AT 1700 CDT. PTFL1 1.37 FT AT 1236 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.08 FT AT 1700 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/03/2010 SAT 07:43PM LDT 0.4 L 07/04/2010 SUN 06:05AM LDT 0.8 H 05:30PM LDT 0.3 L 07/05/2010 MON 05:59AM LDT 0.9 H 05:15PM LDT 0.1 L 07/06/2010 TUE 06:20AM LDT 1.0 H 05:38PM LDT 0.0 L 07/07/2010 WED 06:57AM LDT 1.1 H 06:15PM LDT -0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........62 62 62 62 62 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 86 86 86 85 RH..............66 66 66 67 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 93 93 94 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........62 57 57 57 50 50 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 83 81 81 79 78 RH..............67 70 74 76 79 82 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 92 90 89 87 86 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 11 E 12 E 13 E 13 E 13 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 30 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............2 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO CH .INDEPENDENCE DAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........50 59 59 59 66 66 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............78 80 84 85 86 85 RH..............82 78 69 67 67 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..86 90 94 94 94 94 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 8 E 8 E 9 E 9 E 9 20 FT WIND GUST.25 15 15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH LC $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100703.PORTF.10/LIX