FNUS74 KLIX 171526 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1026 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1000 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 1000 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...100F HOUMA /HUM/...100F GULFPORT /GPT/... 93F SLIDELL /ASD/... 97F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 96F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 98F .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 171451Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM FEW027 30/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T03000244 50010 TSNO METAR KGAO 171500Z AUTO 12010G14KT SCT026 SCT031 SCT037 31/25 A3005 RMK METAR KHUM 171450Z 11004KT 7SM SCT030 31/25 A3006 METAR KMDJ 171515Z AUTO 21008G37KT 1/4SM HZ BKN003 BKN026 OVC040 26/23 METAR KDLP 171515Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3006 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 1000 CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED IN A 10 TO 20 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR EMPIRE TO BARATARIA BAY TO BETWEEN GALLIANO AND PORT FOURCHON. AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MANY WITH HEAVY RAIN...COVERED MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS TO CAILLOU BAY...ESPECIALLY 10 TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT OF ACTIVITY WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.10 FT AT 0950 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.78 FT AT 1430 CDT. GISL1 1.00 FT AT 0950 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.66 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 1.02 FT AT 0950 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.71 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) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........63 63 63 53 53 53 54 54 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 85 86 87 87 87 87 86 RH..............76 74 73 70 70 70 70 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 96 98 99 99 99 100 99 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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..............74 80 85 87 88 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 93 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.08/LIX