FNUS74 KLIX 031912 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 212 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 CDT...1015MB INVERTED TROF NR 88W...DRIFTG W. ARC OF SHWRS/SCT TSTMS SRN SEMI-CIRCLE OF CNTR MNLY S OF 27N. 1023MB HIGH OVER CAROLINAS WITH A 8MB GRADIENT...LOW TO HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1015MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES... AT 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /KGAO/... 87F HOUMA /KHUM/... 98F GULFPORT /KGPT/... 98F SLIDELL /KASD/... 96F BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... MMF WEST DELTA /DLP /... 90F .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 031900Z AUTO 36004G17KT 3/4SM -VCTSRA BKN004 BKN015 OVC023 26/24 A3002 RMK AO2 P0001 LTG DSNT ALQS METAR KHUM 031850Z 06006KT 7SM SCT040 BKN055 29/23 A3002 METAR KMDJ 031855Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM FEW024 FEW046 FEW055 29/24 A2999 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 031855Z AUTO 09018KT 10SM FEW018 FEW044 28/24 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 1400 CDT...SCT SHWRS VCNTY GRAND ISLE AND PT FOURCHON...MOVG W 20KT. G25KT AND BRIEF MDT RAFL THESE CELLS. ADDITIONAL SHWRS CONTG TO APRCH LWR PLAQ PRSH AND MOVG INTO BARATARIA BAY NXT 2-4 HRS. CLOSEST LGTNG...26NM NW NR CUT-OFF. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.64 FT AT 1348 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.18 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 1.39 FT AT 1348 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.02 FT AT 1700 CDT. PTFL1 1.34 FT AT 1348 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) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........62 62 62 62 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 86 86 85 RH..............66 66 67 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 SEAS............2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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 ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 83 81 81 79 78 RH..............68 73 77 79 83 87 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 89 87 87 84 79 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 (%).40 20 20 20 20 20 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.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............78 80 84 85 86 85 RH..............87 81 71 68 65 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..79 86 91 94 95 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 (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 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.11/LIX