FNUS74 KLIX 042203 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 503 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1700 CDT...1013MB LOW LOCATED ABOUT 115 NM SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 1020MB HIGH ALG CAROLINA ATLC CST. 7MB GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1014MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES... AT 1700 CDT... GALLIANO /KGAO/...100F HOUMA /KHUM/...100F GULFPORT /KGPT/... 99F SLIDELL /KASD/... 94F BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... N/A WEST DELTA /DLP /... 85F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. .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 042140Z AUTO 07011G15KT CLR 31/25 A2994 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 042150Z 06010KT 7SM SCT031 SCT047 31/25 A2994 METAR KMDJ 042155Z AUTO 12015KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2992 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 042155Z AUTO 08011KT 10SM FEW021 SCT080 BKN110 28/24 A2992 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 1700 CDT...SCT SHWRS CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST AND WILL BE IMPACTING TERREBONNE/TIMBALIER BAYS AS WELL AS GRAND ISLE AND COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THERE. RAIN WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE BUT BRIEF. NO LIGHTNING NEAR THE AREA AT THIS TIME. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.55 FT AT 1636 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 2.30 FT AT 0530 CDT GISL1 1.61 FT AT 1636 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 2.20 FT AT 0540 CDT. PTFL1 1.55 FT AT 1636 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 2.30 FT AT 0530 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/04/2010 SUN 06:21PM LDT 0.2 L 07/05/2010 MON 06:20AM LDT 1.0 H 05:50PM LDT 0.1 L 07/06/2010 TUE 06:42AM LDT 1.2 H 06:06PM LDT -0.1 L 07/07/2010 WED 07:17AM LDT 1.4 H 06:39PM LDT -0.3 L 07/08/2010 THU 08:00AM LDT 1.5 H 07:18PM LDT -0.5 L 07/09/2010 FRI 08:48AM LDT 1.6 H 08:01PM LDT -0.5 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5PM SKY (%).........58 WEATHER COV.....SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............87 RH..............62 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 20 FT WIND DIR..E 20 FT WIND SPD..10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 SEAS............3 SEA STATE.......CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........58 55 55 55 54 54 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............86 84 81 80 79 79 RH..............62 72 82 84 86 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 91 89 87 85 86 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 10 E 8 E 7 NE 6 NE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........54 66 66 66 80 80 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 81 84 86 87 86 RH..............88 82 72 68 66 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..86 89 94 94 95 95 20 FT WIND......NE 6 NE 6 E 7 E 7 E 7 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 50 50 80 80 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100704.PORTF.14/LIX