FNUS74 KLIX 171625 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1125 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1100 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 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...102F HOUMA /HUM/... MM GULFPORT /GPT/...100F SLIDELL /ASD/... 98F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 99F 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 171551Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 METAR KGAO 171600Z AUTO 14007KT CLR 31/26 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW METAR KHUM 171550Z 14004KT 7SM BKN030 32/24 A3005 METAR KMDJ 171615Z AUTO 16011KT 9SM FEW060 SCT075 BKN085 28/25 A3008 RMK METAR KDLP 171615Z AUTO 15015G21KT 10SM CLR 30/23 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 1100 CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE LAST HOUR...AND WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR VENICE TO GRAND ISLE AND PORT FOURCHON. NO LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WAS DETECTED IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES. AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY DECREASING IN INTENSITY...COVERED MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS TO CAILLOU BAY FROM NEAR SHORE TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT OF ACTIVITY WAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.07 FT AT 1100 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.88 FT AT 1430 CDT. GISL1 0.92 FT AT 1100 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.71 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 0.91 FT AT 1100 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 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) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........63 63 53 53 53 54 54 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 86 87 87 87 87 86 RH..............74 73 70 70 70 70 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 98 99 99 99 100 99 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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