FNUS74 KLIX 191823 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 123 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...1019MB 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 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/...101F GULFPORT /GPT/...102F SLIDELL /ASD/... 98F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 92F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON-SVR TSTMS. .SOUNDING INFO/WIND PROFILE... 18Z RUC13 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC...E 10KT 250FT...E 10KT 500FT...E 10KT 1KFT...E 12KT 2KFT...SE 12KT 3KFT...SE 13KT 4KFT...E 13KT 5KFT...E 12KT MAX WIND...125/14KT 3.5FT. STORM MOTION...140/6KT 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 ...KMYT - INNOVATOR 28.2N 89.6W ...KSPR - SHIP SHOAL 28.6N 91.2W ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 191751Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM FEW031 SCT048 SCT060 31/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T03110233 10317 20267 58006 TSNO METAR KGAO 191800Z AUTO 10007KT 32/25 A3005 RMK AO2 SKY OBSCURED PWINO METAR KHSA 191749Z 13008KT 10SM SCT030 BKN038 31/24 A3005 METAR KIPN 191815Z AUTO 09014KT 10SM CLR A3005 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 191815Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM 33/23 A3005 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 191815Z AUTO 11011KT 10SM FEW027 30/22 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 191815Z AUTO 12010KT 9SM CLR 30/23 A3005 RMK A01 AVIATION... OVER LAND...VFR P6SM SCT030 SCT040...VERY ISOLD 4SM SHRA WITH TOPS 250. OVER WATER...VFR P6SM FEW-SCT030...VERY ISOLD 4SM SHRA WITH TOPS 250. KHUM 191720Z 1918/2018 14008KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM200000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN200 FM201400 11007KT P6SM SCT025 KHSA 191720Z 1918/2018 13008KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040 FM200100 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN200 FM201400 13007KT P6SM SCT025= 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 1300 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING DETECTED WITHIN 75 MILES OF SPILL AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.69 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.34 FT AT 1500 CDT. WYCM6 1.30 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.50 FT AT 1800 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 87F. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........43 43 43 50 50 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 88 88 88 88 RH..............63 63 63 63 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 97 97 97 97 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 15 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 7 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......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.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 85 84 84 84 84 RH..............65 70 74 74 74 74 HEAT INDEX (F)..95 93 92 92 92 92 20 FT WIND......E 9 E 9 SE 9 SE 10 SE 10 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 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 (%).20 20 20 20 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 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.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 84 83 88 88 88 RH..............74 74 77 66 66 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 92 90 98 98 98 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 8 E 8 E 10 E 11 E 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 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 (%).30 20 20 20 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH RO RO $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100719.DEEPW.08/LIX