FNUS74 KLIX 201705 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1205 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...1022MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN GA...AL...MS AND LA. TROPICAL WAVES WERE LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG LONGITUDE 94W AND 87W OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. BOTH OF THESE CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD. PRESSURE AT SPILL STIE WAS 1019MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/...100F GULFPORT /GPT/...101F SLIDELL /ASD/... 99F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...101F WEST DELTA /DLP/...100F .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 7KT 250FT...E 8KT 500FT...E 8KT 1KFT...SE 9KT 2KFT...SE 10KT 3KFT...SE 14KT 4KFT...SE 13KT 5KFT...SE 11KT MAX WIND...097/14KT 23.4FT. STORM MOTION...163/8KT 20/00Z GFS MODEL SNDG AT SPOT LOCATION VALID 18Z 7/21/10 SFC...E 11KT 250FT...E 12KT 500FT...E 13KT 1KFT...E 13KT 2KFT...E 14KT 3KFT...E 15KT 4KFT...E 17KT 5KFT...E 18KT MAX WIND...089 23KT 43.8 KFT. STORM MOTION...134/11KT .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 201651Z AUTO 12010KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 T03220239 TSNO METAR KGAO 201640Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM SCT030 SCT043 32/25 A3010 RMK AO2 METAR KHSA 201550Z 25003KT 5SM -RA SCT010 BKN020 26/26 A3011 METAR KIPN 201655Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM CLR A3008 RMK A01 METAR KMYT 171225Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM 29/24 A3000 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 201655Z AUTO 13007KT 080V150 10SM 32/25 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 201655Z AUTO 12010KT 10SM FEW024 FEW029 30/25 A3009 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 201655Z AUTO 13007G13KT 9SM CLR 31/25 A3008 RMK A01 AVIATION... OVER LAND...VFR P6SM SCT030 SCT040...SCT 3SM -TSRA WITH TOPS 400. OVER WATER...VFR P6SM SCT030 SCT035...SCT 3SM -TS WITH TOPS 350. KHUM 201225Z 2012/2112 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 FM201900 11007KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM210100 13005KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150 KHSA 201528Z 2015/2112 13006KT 2SM -TSRA BKN015CB FM201600 13007KT P6SM SCT025 FM201900 12007KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM210100 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150= AREAL OUTLOOK FOR WED...VFR/MVFR SCT-BKN030. SCT SHRA/TSRA. MDT SE WIND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR THU...VFR SCT030. SCT SHRA/TSRA. LGT TO MDT SE WIND. AREAL OUTLOOK FOR FRI...VFR SCT030. ISOLD SHRA/TSRA. LGT E TO SE WIND. .RADAR... AT 1200 CDT...NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WITHIN 100 MILES OF SITE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.23 FT AT 1136 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.16 FT AT 1600 CDT. WYCM6 2.35 FT AT 1136 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.62 FT AT 1900 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 86.9F. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........58 49 49 59 59 59 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 88 88 88 88 88 RH..............66 66 66 66 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 98 98 98 98 98 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 20 20 20 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 9 9 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........59 64 54 54 50 61 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 85 84 84 83 83 RH..............68 72 74 74 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 94 92 92 90 90 20 FT WIND......E 10 SE 10 E 10 SE 11 SE 11 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 3200 2800 2800 2500 3000 MIX HGT (M).....1010 980 850 850 760 910 TRANSPORT WIND..E 20 SE 20 SE 21 SE 21 SE 21 SE 20 TRAN WIND (M/S).E 9 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........61 57 57 57 59 59 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 83 84 88 88 88 RH..............79 77 74 66 64 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 90 92 98 97 97 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 10 E 10 E 10 E 10 E 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 2800 2900 2900 2400 2600 MIX HGT (M).....910 850 880 880 730 790 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 20 SE 18 E 18 E 18 E 20 E 21 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 9 SE 8 E 8 E 8 E 9 E 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 40 40 SEAS............4 5 5 5 5 5 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...MANNING REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100720.DEEPW.08/LIX