FNUS74 KLIX 171728 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1228 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 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 93W. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1018MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...102F HOUMA /HUM/... MM GULFPORT /GPT/...102F SLIDELL /ASD/... 97F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 93F .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 171651Z AUTO 21006KT 9SM -RA FEW016 27/23 A3008 RMK AO2 PK WND 19026/1631 RAB31 SLP184 P0006 T02720233 TSNO METAR KGAO 171700Z AUTO 11007KT CLR 31/26 A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KMDJ 171715Z AUTO 20017G22KT 10SM SCT020 BKN028 BKN032 29/24 A3008 METAR KDLP 171715Z AUTO 19014KT 10SM FEW016 SCT023 28/25 A3006 RMK **************************************************************** 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...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE UNIT AREAS. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST PASS AND ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS 20 TO 35 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT OF ACTIVITY WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.04 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.85 FT AT 1430 CDT. GISL1 0.90 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.76 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 0.82 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.68 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........63 53 53 53 54 54 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 87 87 87 87 86 RH..............73 64 64 64 64 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 98 98 98 98 97 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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............87 84 82 81 81 81 RH..............65 72 77 81 83 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 93 90 90 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 50 50 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 70 61 61 60 53 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 82 85 88 89 89 RH..............83 80 71 65 63 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 90 96 99 101 101 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 (%).50 60 60 60 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.07/LIX