FNUS74 KLIX 161220 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 720 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0700 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 88.5 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1017MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0700 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 86F HOUMA /HUM/... 90F GULFPORT /GPT/... 97F SLIDELL /ASD/... 86F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 82F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 87F .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 161151Z AUTO 30008KT 7SM FEW060 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 RAB1055RAEMM SLP168 P0003 60011 70011 T02440228 10294 20239 53010 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 161200Z AUTO 15012G16KT TS SCT011 BKN026 OVC045 26/22 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQS METAR KHUM 161150Z 00000KT 7SM SCT120 27/27 A3003 METAR KMDJ 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW003 29/24 A3002 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 161155Z AUTO 32010KT 5SM HZ FEW023 BKN065 27/25 A3001 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 0700 CDT...NUMEROUS TO SOLID LINE OF +TSRA...SOME WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG A 10-20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ISLE DENIERES AND COASTAL WATERS 15 MI OFFSHORE TO PORT FOURCHON TO JUST NORTH OF GRAND ISLE TO NORTHERN BARATARIA BAY TO NEAR POINTE A LA HACHE. LINE MOVEMENT ACCELERATED NORTHWARD AT 10-15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.13 FT AT 0650 CDT STEADY....LOW TIDE 0.99 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.88 FT AT 0650 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 FT AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 1.02 FT AT 0650 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) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........82 82 82 69 69 69 55 55 55 51 51 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID NUM NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 82 84 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............91 86 77 72 69 67 65 65 65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 90 94 98 100 102 103 103 103 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NW N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..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 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 80 80 80 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.04/LIX