FNUS74 KLIX 180010 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 710 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1900 CDT...1019MB 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 94W. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1017MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 92F HOUMA /HUM/... 92F GULFPORT /GPT/... 97F SLIDELL /ASD/... 95F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 94F 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 172351Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 60000 T02940244 10311 20278 53002 TSNO METAR KGAO 172340Z AUTO 16004KT CLR 29/24 A3003 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 172350Z 17005KT 7SM SCT025 SCT040 29/24 A3002 METAR KMDJ 172355Z AUTO 18010KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3003 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 172355Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3002 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 1900 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DETECTED WEST OF THE SPILL SITE MAINLY WEST OF TERREBONNE BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KT. NO LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED. SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS GRADUALLY DECREASING. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.12 FT AT 1836 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.68 FT AT 0330 CDT. GISL1 0.74 FT AT 1836 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.41 FT AT 0330 CDT. PTFL1 0.83 FT AT 1836 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.48 FT AT 0500 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/17/2010 SAT 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 06:42PM LDT -0.2 L 07/22/2010 THU 08:02AM LDT 1.3 H 07:29PM LDT -0.2 L .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........55 55 59 59 59 62 62 62 64 64 64 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 84 83 82 82 81 81 81 81 81 81 RH..............72 74 77 78 81 82 83 83 83 83 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..95 93 91 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SE SE S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC 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 NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS 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 .SUNDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........53 50 61 61 58 62 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 85 83 82 81 81 RH..............67 72 77 79 81 84 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 94 92 90 89 87 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 30 30 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .TUESDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100717.PORTF.15/LIX