FNUS74 KLIX 191717 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1217 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...1020MB HIGH PRESSURE COVERED MUCH OF GEORGIA... ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WEST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WEAK INVERTED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL GULF TO NORTHEAST GULF. PRESSURE AT SOURCE 1019MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...100F HOUMA /HUM/... MM GULFPORT /GPT/...101F SLIDELL /ASD/... 97F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 95F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. .SOUNDING INFO/WIND PROFILE... 17Z RUC13 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC...E 10KT 250FT...E 13KT 500FT...E 13KT 1KFT...E 14KT 2KFT...E 15KT 3KFT...E 16KT 4KFT...E 16KT 5KFT...E 13KT MAX WIND...110/17KT 3.5FT. STORM MOTION...127/7KT 19/00Z GFS MODEL SNDG AT SPOT LOCATION VALID 18Z 7/20/10 SFC...E 13KT 250FT...E 15KT 500FT...E 16KT 1KFT...E 17KT 2KFT...E 18KT 3KFT...E 18KT 4KFT...E 19KT 5KFT...E 21KT MAX WIND...099/23KT 5.7KFT. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHSA - STENNIS INTL AP - BAY ST LOUIS MS ...KIPN - INDEPENDENCE 28.1N 87.9W ...KSPR - SHIP SHOAL 28.6N 91.2W ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 191651Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM FEW029 31/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T03060239 TSNO METAR KGAO 191700Z AUTO 10004KT 32/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SKY OBSCURED LTG DSNT SE PWINO METAR KHSA 191650Z 16004KT 10SM SCT028 BKN033 31/25 A3007 METAR KIPN 191655Z AUTO 09014KT 10SM CLR A3006 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 191655Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 10SM 32/24 A3005 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 191655Z AUTO 11011KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3008 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 191655Z AUTO 10006KT 9SM CLR 30/24 A3006 RMK A01 AVIATION... OVER LAND...VFR P6SM SCT025 SCT035...VERY ISOLD 4SM SHRA WITH TOPS 250. OVER WATER...VFR P6SM FEW-SCT030...VERY ISOLD 4SM SHRA WITH TOPS 250. KHUM 191125Z 1912/2012 13004KT 5SM BR SCT025 BKN150 FM191400 12008KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKN200 FM191700 14008KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM200000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN200 FM200900 VRB03KT 5SM BR SCT015 KHSA 191125Z 1912/2012 13004KT P6SM SCT020 BKN150 FM191400 14008KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKN150 FM191800 14008KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM200100 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN200= AREAL OUTLOOK FOR TUE...VFR SCT030. ISO SHRA/TSRA. LGT TO MDT E TO SE WIND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR WED...VFR/MVFR SCT-BKN025. SCT SHRA/TSRA. MDT SE WIND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR THU...VFR SCT025. SCT SHRA/TSRA. LGT TO MDT SE WIND. .RADAR... AT 1200 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING DETECTED WITHIN 70 MILES OF SPILL AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.82 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.34 FT AT 1500 CDT. WYCM6 1.56 FT AT 1150 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.50 FT AT 1800 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 87F. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........44 43 43 43 50 50 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 88 88 88 88 88 RH..............65 64 64 64 64 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 97 97 97 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.8 15 15 15 15 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 7 7 7 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 20 30 SEAS............2 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......LC CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........50 56 59 59 57 62 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 85 84 84 84 84 RH..............65 70 72 74 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..95 93 91 92 90 90 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 8 E 8 E 8 E 9 E 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 3000 3100 3100 2800 2800 MIX HGT (M).....980 910 940 940 850 850 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 15 SE 14 E 13 E 13 E 14 SE 17 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 7 SE 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 SE 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 3 3 3 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........62 68 58 58 49 59 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 84 83 88 88 88 RH..............77 77 74 68 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 90 92 96 98 99 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 10 E 10 E 11 E 13 E 13 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....2800 3200 3400 3400 3400 3100 MIX HGT (M).....850 980 1040 1040 1040 940 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 17 SE 15 E 18 E 18 E 21 E 22 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 8 SE 7 E 8 E 8 E 9 E 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 30 30 SEAS............2 3 3 3 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH RO RO $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100719.DEEPW.07/LIX