FNUS74 KLIX 161426 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 926 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0900 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 88.8 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1017MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0900 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 76F HOUMA /HUM/... 76F GULFPORT /GPT/...100F SLIDELL /ASD/... 89F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 81F 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 161351Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2 RAB03E17 SLP170 P0000 T02560233 TSNO METAR KGAO 161400Z AUTO 26006KT TS BKN006 OVC012 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQS METAR KHUM 161350Z 16005KT 5SM +TSRA SCT019 BKN040 23/23 A3007 TS OHD MOV NW METAR KMDJ 161415Z AUTO 36014KT 9SM SCT018 28/24 A3005 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 161415Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM CLR 27/23 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 0900 CDT...STRONGER TSRA CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM AREA WITH NEAREST STORMS MOVING WEST OF HOUMA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHRA WITH ISOLD EMBEDDED TSRA EXTENDED FROM NEAR BARATARIA BAY AND GRAND ISLE TO TERREBONNE BAY AND EXTENDING OFFSHORE FOR 20-30 MILES. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING SW AT 15 TO 20 MPH. LINE OF STRONG TSRA 15-20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MS RIVER PASSES MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.10 FT AT 0900 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.99 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.84 FT AT 0900 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.75 FT AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 0.92 FT AT 0900 CDT STEAADY...LOW TIDE 0.85 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) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........82 69 69 69 55 55 55 51 51 WEATHER COV.....WID NUM NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............77 72 69 67 65 65 65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 98 100 102 103 103 103 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 80 80 80 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.06/LIX