FNUS74 KLIX 151904
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA-OCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
204 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

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

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.SYNOPSIS...
AT 1400 CDT...1019MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF AND
WAS CONTINUING TO DRIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD. INVERTED TROUGH OR TROPICAL
WAVE LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG 87W. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1018MB.

.NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION...
AT 1400 CDT...
GALLIANO   /GAO/...102F
HOUMA      /HUM/...103F
GULFPORT   /GPT/...106F
SLIDELL    /ASD/...106F
BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...105F
WEST DELTA /DLP/...105F

.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
...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS
...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS

METAR KNEW 151853Z 28006KT 10SM SCT035 32/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP168
     T03220244
METAR KASD 151853Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM FEW043 34/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166
     T03440239
METAR KBVE 151851Z AUTO 34007KT 9SM CLR 33/25 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170
     T03280250 TSNO

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VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS.
REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA.
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.RADAR...
AT 1400 CDT...NO SHRA/TSRA NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION.

.TIDAL INFORMATION...
PSTL1 1.27 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.64 FT AT 2245 CDT.
GRPL1 1.25 FT AT 1320 CDT RISING.

CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE
    (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES)

07/15/2010 THU 01:46PM LDT 0.9  H  11:00PM LDT  0.3 L
07/16/2010 FRI 07:05AM LDT 0.6  H  08:44PM LDT  0.5 L
07/17/2010 SAT 05:05AM LDT 0.8  H  04:05PM LDT  0.3 L
07/18/2010 SUN 05:07AM LDT 1.1  H  04:42PM LDT  0.0 L
07/19/2010 MON 05:41PM LDT 1.3  H  05:28PM LDT -0.2 L
07/20/2010 TUE 06:27PM LDT 1.4  H  06:14PM LDT -0.4 L

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........45  45  44  44
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............92  92  92  91
RH..............63  59  60  62
HEAT INDEX (F)..106 106 105 103
20 FT WIND DIR..W   SW  SW  S
20 FT WIND SPD..5   3   3   4
20 FT WIND GUST.10  5   5   5
CHC OF PCPN (%).30  30  30  30
SEAS............1   1   1   1
SEA STATE.......LC  LC  SM  SM

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........44     32     60     60     63     44
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............89     85     82     81     80     79
RH..............62     72     81     84     88     91
HEAT INDEX (F)..101    95     92     89     87     87
20 FT WIND......S 4    S 6    S 6    S 6    S 6    SW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     20     20     20     30     30
SEAS............1      1      1      1      1      1
SEA STATE.......SM     SM     LC     LC     LC     LC

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........44     51     56     56     57     50
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............79     81     85     86     87     87
RH..............94     88     76     73     70     68
HEAT INDEX (F)..88     90     96     96     98     96
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 5    S 5    SE 5   SE 6   SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     10     15
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     50     50
SEAS............1      1      1      1      1      1
SEA STATE.......LC     SM     LC     LC     CH     CH

$$
FORECASTER...MANNING
REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100715.HOPED.14/LIX