FNUS74 KLIX 032008 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 308 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2010 ...LIGHTNING CAUTION ADVISED UNTIL 1630 CDT GRAND ISLE AREA... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1500 CDT...1015MB INVERTED TROF NR 88W...DRIFTG W. 1023MB HIGH ALG CAROLINA ATLC CST. 8MB GRADIENT...LOW TO HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1015MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES... AT 1500 CDT... GALLIANO /KGAO/... 91F HOUMA /KHUM/... 91F GULFPORT /KGPT/...101F SLIDELL /KASD/... 96F BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... MM WEST DELTA /DLP /... 92F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 032000Z AUTO 05004KT SCT020 29/26 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND NW PWINO METAR KHUM 031950Z 06006KT 7SM SCT040 BKN065 28/25 A3001 METAR KMDJ 031955Z AUTO 03010KT 10SM FEW080 28/24 A2999 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 031955Z AUTO 09014G26KT 3SM HZ FEW003 SCT024 SCT039 28/24 A2998 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... ...LIGHTNING CAUTION ADVISED UNTIL 1630 CDT GRAND ISLE AREA... AT 1500 CDT...SCT SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS MOVG OFF LWR PLAQ PRSH...MOVG W 20KT. OCNL LGTNG...G25KT AND BRIEF MDT RAFL THESE CELLS. CLOSEST LGTNG...25NM E...ETA GRAND ISLE 1615 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.66 FT AT 1455 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.18 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 1.31 FT AT 1448 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.02 FT AT 1700 CDT. PTFL1 1.28 FT AT 1448 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........62 62 62 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 86 85 RH..............66 67 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 SEAS............2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH .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.......CH CH RO RO RO RO .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.......RO CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100703.PORTF.12/LIX