FNUS74 KLIX 040004 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 704 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1900 CDT...1012MB INVERTED TROF NR 89W...NEARLY STATIONARY. 1022MB HIGH ALG CAROLINA ATLC CST. 10MB GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1015MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES... AT 1900 CDT... GALLIANO /KGAO/... 91F HOUMA /KHUM/... 99F GULFPORT /KGPT/... 94F SLIDELL /KASD/... 91F BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... MM WEST DELTA /DLP /... 91F .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 FOR GULF COASTAL WATERS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EXCLUDING THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND LAKE BORGNE... * 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 FOR HANCOCK COUNTY IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI... * 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... 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 032340Z AUTO 06010KT 28/25 A2997 RMK AO2 SKY OBSCURED PWINO METAR KHUM 032350Z 11005KT 7SM SCT020 29/28 A2996 RMK LAST METAR KMDJ 032355Z AUTO 09018KT 10SM FEW023 FEW038 FEW045 29/24 A2997 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 032355Z AUTO 08021G26KT 7SM FEW035 BKN050 OVC060 28/25 A2996 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 1900 CDT...SCT SHWRS...MOVG W 20KT AFFECTING BARATARIA BAY AND GRAND ISLE. G25KT AND BRIEF MDT RAFL THESE CELLS. CLOSEST LGTNG...50NM E. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.66 FT AT 1836 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 2.05 FT AT 0500 CDT. GISL1 1.35 FT AT 1836 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.60 FT AT 0600 CDT. PTFL1 1.26 FT AT 1736 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.66 FT AT 0600 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) 7PM SKY (%).........42 WEATHER COV.....ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............82 RH..............76 HEAT INDEX (F)..91 20 FT WIND DIR..E 20 FT WIND SPD..10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 SEAS............3 SEA STATE.......CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........42 42 42 37 37 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 81 81 79 78 RH..............76 77 79 83 87 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 87 87 84 79 20 FT WIND......E 11 E 12 E 13 E 13 E 13 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 30 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH RO RO RO RO .INDEPENDENCE DAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........37 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...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100703.PORTF.16/LIX