FNUS74 KLIX 181832 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 132 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...1020MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WEST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. SFC PRES AT SOURCE 1019MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 95F GULFPORT /GPT/... 92F SLIDELL /ASD/... 81F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F WEST DELTA /DLP/...100F .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 SPECI KBVE 181828Z AUTO 10004KT 5SM -RA SCT018 BKN032 BKN047 26/23 A3008 RMK AO2 RAB02 P0011 TSNO METAR KGAO 181820Z AUTO 12004KT CLR 29/25 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW METAR KHUM 181750Z 23005KT 7SM SCT014 BKN030 29/29 A3008 RMK TS VC S MOV METAR KMDJ 181815Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM FEW021 FEW030 31/25 A3008 RMK METAR KDLP 181815Z AUTO 17009KT 9SM CLR 31/25 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 1300 CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED FROM NEAR DULAC TO JUST EAST OF HOUMA TO NEAR PORT FOURCHON AND GRAND ISLE TO JUST NORTH OF VENICE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.90 FT AT 1218 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.60 FT AT 1500 CDT. GISL1 0.86 FT AT 1218 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.50 FT AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 0.82 FT AT 1218 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.45 FT AT 1400 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........60 60 60 67 67 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 85 85 85 86 RH..............71 71 71 70 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 93 93 94 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 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 (%).........67 68 47 47 53 54 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 84 83 82 81 81 RH..............66 72 77 80 82 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 93 92 90 89 87 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 30 30 40 40 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........54 53 56 56 48 53 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 82 86 88 89 88 RH..............83 79 70 62 61 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 90 96 99 101 99 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 5 E 5 E 6 SE 6 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 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 20100718.PORTF.09/LIX