FNUS74 KLIX 161020 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 520 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...1017MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER MID/UPPER TEXAS COAST. A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL WAVE WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG LONGITUDE 88.3 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1016MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 85F GULFPORT /GPT/... 96F SLIDELL /ASD/... 86F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 94F .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 SPECI KBVE 161014Z AUTO 23015G27KT 10SM SCT029 BKN047 OVC060 26/22 A2999 RMK AO2 PK WND 23027/1007 TSNO METAR KGAO 161000Z AUTO 25003KT TS 27/26 A2999 RMK AO2 SKY OBSCURED LTG DSNT E THRU SW METAR KHUM 161000Z AUTO 10SM VCTS CLR 26/26 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE METAR KMDJ 160955Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM FEW060 30/25 A3000 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 160955Z AUTO 14008G15KT 110V170 7SM FEW039 SCT065 BKN080 29/25 A2999 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 0500 CDT...TSRA...SOME STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL INCREASED IN COVERAGE OVER THE LAST HOUR ALONG A 5-10 MILE BAND FROM ISLE DENIERES TO PORT FOURCHON TO GRAND ISLE AND LOWER BARATARIA BAY WITH VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT DETECTED. OTHER CLUSTER OF NUMEROUS TSRA WITH INENTSE LIGHTNING JUST WEST OF VENICE...JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST PASS AND SOUTH OF MAIN PASS...THESE STORMS DEVELOPING TOWARDS THE WEST AND S0UTHWEST. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.13 FT AT 0450 CDT RISING...LOW TIDE 1.00 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.95 FT AT 0450 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.67 FT AT 1430 CDT. PTFL1 1.23 FT AT 0450 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.28 FT AT 0530 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/16/2010 FRI 06:26AM LDT 0.6 H 07:37PM LDT 0.5 L 07/17/2010 SAT 11:07AM LDT 1.4 H 10:00PM LDT -0.2 L 07/18/2010 SUN 04:56AM LDT 1.0 H 04:12PM LDT 0.1 L 07/19/2010 MON 05:29AM LDT 1.1 H 05:02PM LDT -0.1 L 07/20/2010 TUE 06:16AM LDT 1.2 H 05:53PM LDT -0.2 L 07/21/2010 WED 07:08AM LDT 1.3 H 06:43PM LDT -0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........M 57 57 57 57 55 55 55 55 55 55 51 51 WEATHER COV.....M SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 79 80 82 84 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............M 94 91 86 77 72 69 67 65 65 65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..M 79 87 90 94 98 100 102 103 103 103 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..M NW NW N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..M 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.M 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......M LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........51 49 48 48 48 50 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 84 82 81 80 79 RH..............67 72 80 82 86 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 93 89 87 86 79 20 FT WIND......SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 40 40 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........50 51 53 53 55 55 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............79 80 83 85 86 86 RH..............87 82 72 67 64 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..79 87 94 96 98 97 20 FT WIND......S 6 SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 S 9 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 40 40 60 60 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100716.PORTF.02/LIX