FNUS74 KLIX 060927 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 427 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0400 CDT...1009MB LOW LOCATED OVER SWRN LA. 1019MB HIGH ALG CAROLINA ATLC CST. 10 MB GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH. SFC PRES AT SPILL LOCATION 1012MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDICES... AT 0400 CDT... GALLIANO /KGAO/... 84F HOUMA /KHUM/... 79F GULFPORT /KGPT/... 87F SLIDELL /KASD/... 84F BOOTHVILLE /KBVE/... 85F WEST DELTA /DLP /...103F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ....COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT...TIDE LEVELS WILL BE ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. .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 060851Z AUTO 12006KT 9SM CLR 27/24 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 60042 T02670244 56009 TSNO METAR KGAO 060920Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM VCTS BKN018 BKN033 BKN046 25/24 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W THRU E METAR KHUM 060920Z AUTO 10SM SCT021 SCT055 SCT070 25/25 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND W METAR KMDJ 060915Z AUTO 15017KT 9SM FEW022 FEW038 SCT075 29/25 A2988 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 060915Z AUTO 14009G17KT 10SM FEW060 FEW070 30/26 A2987 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 0400 CDT...SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK QUICKLY NORTHWARD ACROSS COASTAL SHORELINES AND WATERS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 KTS POSSIBLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.61 FT AT 0400 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 1.40 FT AT 1630 CDT GISL1 2.45 FT AT 0400 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 2.27 FT AT 1730 CDT. PTFL1 2.47 FT AT 0400 CDT RISING...LOW TIDE 1.30 FT AT 1700 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 07/08/2010 THU 07:42AM LDT 1.3 H 06:58PM LDT -0.3 L 07/09/2010 FRI 08:32AM LDT 1.4 H 07:44PM LDT -0.4 L 07/10/2010 SAT 09:24AM LDT 1.4 H 08:32PM LDT -0.4 L 07/11/2010 SUN 10:16AM LDT 1.4 H 09:18PM LDT -0.4 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........M 87 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 WEATHER COV.....M DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 78 80 81 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 RH..............M 91 91 81 79 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..M 87 87 86 88 88 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 20 FT WIND DIR..M SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..M 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.M 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............M 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......M CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........90 85 85 85 70 70 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 82 82 82 82 81 RH..............77 77 78 79 79 80 HEAT INDEX (F)..88 88 88 89 89 88 20 FT WIND......SE 12 E 14 SE 14 SE 15 SE 16 SE 15 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 30 35 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............4 5 5 5 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH LC .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........70 75 75 75 75 75 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 81 81 81 81 82 RH..............82 82 80 78 78 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 87 87 89 89 89 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 15 SE 17 SE 18 SE 18 SE 16 20 FT WIND GUST.30 35 35 40 40 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...EFFERSON REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100706.PORTF.01/LIX