FNUS74 KLIX 050005
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
705 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.SYNOPSIS...
AT 1900 CDT...1011MB LOW LOCATED ABOUT 115 NM SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 1020MB HIGH ALG CAROLINA ATLC CST. 9MB
GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1014MB.

.NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES...
AT 1900 CDT...
GALLIANO   /KGAO/... 97F
HOUMA      /KHUM/... 92F
GULFPORT   /KGPT/... 98F
SLIDELL    /KASD/... 92F
BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... N/A
WEST DELTA /DLP /... 91F

.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 MISG
METAR KGAO 042340Z AUTO 06008KT SCT024 BKN032 30/25 A2992 RMK AO2
     PWINO
METAR KHUM 042347Z 07004KT 7SM SCT030 29/24 A2993 RMK LAST
METAR KMDJ 042355Z AUTO 12014KT 10SM SCT021 28/24 A2992 RMK A01
METAR KDLP 042355Z AUTO 11016KT 10SM FEW021 FEW095 29/24 A2991 RMK
     A01

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VALID ALONG THE SE LA COAST FM PT AU FER TO SW PASS OF MS RVR.
REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM GRAND ISLE LA.
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.RADAR...
AT 1900 CDT...SCT SHWRS ARE BECOMING MORE ISOLD AND 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 1.57 FT AT 1836 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 2.30 FT AT 0530 CDT
GISL1 1.62 FT AT 1836 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.20 FT AT 0540 CDT.
PTFL1 1.53 FT AT 1836 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)      7PM
SKY (%).........55
WEATHER COV.....SCT
WEATHER TYPE....TSM
TEMP............85
RH..............69
HEAT INDEX (F)..94
20 FT WIND DIR..E
20 FT WIND SPD..10
20 FT WIND GUST.20
CHC OF PCPN (%).30
SEAS............2
SEA STATE.......CH

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........55     55     55     54     54
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............84     81     80     79     79
RH..............72     82     84     86     88
HEAT INDEX (F)..91     89     87     85     86
20 FT WIND......E 10   E 8    E 7    NE 6   NE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     15     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     30
SEAS............2      2      2      2      2
SEA STATE.......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

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FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS
REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100704.PORTF.16/LIX