FNUS74 KLIX 171829 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 129 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...1020MB 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 93.5W. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1018MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...100F HOUMA /HUM/... MM GULFPORT /GPT/...101F SLIDELL /ASD/...100F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 96F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 91F .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 171751Z AUTO 20014G18KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3007 RMK AO2 RAE1657 SLP183 P0000 60006 T03000244 10317 20256 50003 TSNO METAR KGAO 171820Z AUTO 13008KT CLR 31/25 A3005 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 171550Z 14004KT 7SM BKN030 32/24 A3005 METAR KMDJ 171815Z AUTO 20004KT 9SM CLR 28/24 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 171815Z AUTO 18011KT 10SM CLR 29/23 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 1300 CDT...SHOWERS HAD DIMINISHED OVER MOST COASTAL LAND AREAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY 10 TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT OF ACTIVITY WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.98 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.93 FT AT 1430 CDT. GISL1 0.74 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 0.78 FT AT 1250 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) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........53 53 53 54 54 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 87 87 87 86 RH..............64 64 64 64 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 98 98 98 97 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......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......S 7 S 6 S 6 SE 6 S 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 50 50 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 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 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100717.PORTF.09/LIX