FNUS74 KLIX 161133 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 633 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0600 CDT...1019MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WEST-SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL WAVE WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1016MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/... 94F SLIDELL /ASD/... 86F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 79F .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 161051Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM SCT038 SCT050 BKN095 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 PK WND 23027/1007 RAB32E48 SLP160 P0008 T02440228 TSNO METAR KGAO 161120Z AUTO 00000KT VCTS OVC050 27/26 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E THRU SW METAR KHUM 161050Z 00000KT 7SM SCT120 27/27 A2999 RMK LTG DSNT E-SE METAR KMDJ 161115Z AUTO 19010KT 5SM HZ 29/24 A3001 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 161115Z AUTO 08006KT 6SM HZ CLR 27/24 A3000 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...SOLID LINE OF +TSRA...SOME STRONG WITH FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG A 10-20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM ISLE DENIERES AND COASTAL WATERS 15 MI OFFSHORE TO PORT FOURCHON TO GRAND ISLE AND EASTERN BARATARIA BAY. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT DETECTED...BUT ACTIVITY DEVELOPING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. OTHER SCATTERED TSRA...A COUPLE WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS 20-40 MI OFFSHORE WITH MOVEMENT TO WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 10 KT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.06 FT AT 0550 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.92 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 1.02 FT AT 0550 CDT RISING...LOW TIDE 0.75 FT AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 1.10 FT AT 0550 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.80 FT AT 1400 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) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........57 57 57 57 55 55 55 55 55 55 51 51 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 80 82 84 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............94 91 86 77 72 69 67 65 65 65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..79 87 90 94 98 100 102 103 103 103 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.03/LIX