FNUS74 KLIX 161740 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1240 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...1020MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTH GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WEST NEAR THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL WAVE EXENDED FROM 29.4 NORTH/88.6 WEST TO 24.0 NORTH/ 89.3 WEST. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1018MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 92F HOUMA /HUM/... 94F GULFPORT /GPT/... 95F SLIDELL /ASD/... 97F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 94F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 97F .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 161651Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM FEW042 29/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02940244 TSNO METAR KGAO 161720Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 30/22 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE PWINO METAR KHUM 161650Z 21006KT 7SM SCT120 31/22 3005 METAR KMDJ 161715Z AUTO 09008KT 9SM FEW020 FEW050 29/25 A3006 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 161715Z AUTO VRB06KT 9SM FEW042 SCT050 30/25 A3005 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 1200 CDT...ISOLD SHRA HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN GALLIANO AND LAFITTE...BUT THERE WERE MOVING AWAY FROM THE COAST. MOST OF SHRA/TSRA ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS HAD DISSIPATED SINCE 1100 CDT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.01 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.97 FT AT 1600 CDT. GISL1 0.81 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.75 FT AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 0.92 FT AT 1150 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........69 60 60 60 60 60 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............67 65 65 65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 103 103 103 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 8 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........60 49 48 48 48 50 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE 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......E 9 E 10 E 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 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......SE 6 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 7 S 7 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.11/LIX