FNUS74 KLIX 171330 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 830 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...1021MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GULF COAST AREA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS ALONG 92.5W. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1018MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 91F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/... 89F SLIDELL /ASD/... 87F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 92F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 95F .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 171251Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM FEW037 28/25 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02830250 TSNO METAR KGAO 171320Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 30/26 A3005 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 171250Z 03004KT 7 FEW030 28/28 A3005 METAR KMDJ 171315Z AUTO 16013KT 10SM FEW026 FEW041 30/24 A3005 METAR KDLP 171315Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 10SM SCT023 SCT028 BKN075 31/24 A3004 **************************************************************** 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...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR VENICE TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF ISLE DENIERES. MOVEMENT OF ACTIVITY WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO GRAND ISLE BEFORE 0900. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.28 FT AT 0800 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.83 FT AT 1430 CDT. GISL1 1.15 FT AT 0800 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.68 FT AT 1600 CDT. PTFL1 1.26 FT AT 0800 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.74 FT AT 1500 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 (%).........52 52 53 53 53 53 53 53 54 54 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 82 83 85 85 86 86 86 86 85 RH..............81 78 75 73 73 71 71 71 71 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..86 90 94 95 96 98 98 98 99 98 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 (%).........54 55 59 59 62 64 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 83 81 81 80 80 RH..............75 80 85 87 88 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 91 89 89 90 90 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 8 S 9 S 10 S 10 S 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........64 65 61 61 60 53 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 82 86 88 89 89 RH..............89 84 73 69 67 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 90 98 99 100 100 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100717.PORTF.05/LIX