FNUS74 KLIX 152108
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA-OCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
408 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 1600 CDT...1019MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
WITH RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING WESTWARD TO NORTHWESTERN GULF. WEAKNESS IN
THE RIDGE AXIS IS COINDICENT WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ROUGHLY
ALONG LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1016MB.

.NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION...
AT 1600 CDT...
GALLIANO   /GAO/...102F
HOUMA      /HUM/...101F
GULFPORT   /GPT/...110F
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 152053Z 28007KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T03330239
     58028
METAR KASD 152053Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW055 34/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146
     T03390244 58027
METAR KBVE 152051Z AUTO 31006KT 9SM CLR 33/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154
     T03330244 56026 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 1600 CDT...NO SHRA/TSRA NEAR THE SPOT LOCATION.

.TIDAL INFORMATION...
PSTL1 1.23 FT AT 1536 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.64 FT AT 2245 CDT.
GRPL1 1.31 FT AT 1520 CDT STEADY.

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)      4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........44  44
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM
TEMP............92  91
RH..............60  62
HEAT INDEX (F)..105 103
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  S
20 FT WIND SPD..6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30  30
SEAS............1   1
SEA STATE.......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 5    S 6    SE 6   S 6    SW 6   W 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     20     20     20     30     30
SEAS............1      1      1      1      1      1
SEA STATE.......SM     LC     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......NW 5   N 4    E 4    SE 5   SE 6   SE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5      10     10     15
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     50     50
SEAS............1      0      0      0      1      1
SEA STATE.......LC     SM     LC     LC     LC     LC

$$
FORECASTER...MANNING
REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100715.HOPED.16/LIX