FNUS74 KLIX 161325 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 825 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...1020MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTH GEORGIA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WEST-SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL WAVE WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG LONGITUDE 88.7 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1017MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 76F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/... 98F SLIDELL /ASD/... 87F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 79F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 81F .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 161251Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM FEW080 25/23 A3005 RMK AO2 RAB12E24 SLP174 P0000 T02500228 TSNO METAR KGAO 161300Z AUTO 13003KT TS 23/22 A3007 RMK AO2 P0002 LTG DSNT ALQS SPECI KHUM 161310Z 12008KT 5SM TSRA SCT017 OVC026 25/25 A3007 RMK RAB10 TS SE MOV N LTG AT APT, VCY, DSNT E THRU SW METAR KMDJ 161315Z AUTO 33009KT 9SM CLR 29/25 A3004 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 161315Z AUTO 35016KT 5SM HZ FEW021 SCT050 BKN075 26/23 A3003 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 0800 CDT...NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA...SOME WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXTENDED ALONG A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR DULAC AND HOUMA TO BELLE CHASSE. MOVEMENT WAS NW AT 15-20 MPH. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHRA WITH ISOLD EMBEDDED TSRA EXTENDED FROM NEAR BOOTHVILLE AND POST SULPHUR TO GRAND ISLE AND TIMBALIER ISLAND AND EXTENDING OFFSHORE FOR 20 TO 30 MILES. THIS BAND OF RAIN WAS MOVING SW AT 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.14 FT AT 0750 CDT STEADY....LOW TIDE 0.99 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.85 FT AT 0750 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.78 FT AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 0.91 FT AT 0750 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.78 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) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........82 82 69 69 69 55 55 55 51 51 WEATHER COV.....WID WID NUM NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............82 84 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............86 77 72 69 67 65 65 65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 94 98 100 102 103 103 103 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 80 80 80 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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...22/TD NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100716.PORTF.05/LIX