FNUS74 KLIX 202006 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 306 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1500 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 95W 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 1500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...102F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...103F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F 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... 20Z RUC13 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC...E 10KT 250FT...E 11KT 500FT...E 12KT 1KFT...E 13KT 2KFT...E 10KT 3KFT...E 10KT 4KFT...E 11KT 5KFT...E 11KT MAX WIND...124/17KT 11.5FT. STORM MOTION...138/9KT 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 201951Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM FEW029 SCT039 33/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T03280244 TSNO METAR KGAO 201940Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM CLR 33/25 A3007 RMK AO2 METAR KHSA 201951Z 11007KT 10SM SCT040 SCT100 31/24 A3009 METAR KIPN 201955Z AUTO 09017KT 10SM CLR A3007 RMK A01 METAR KMYT 171225Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM 29/24 A3000 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 201955Z AUTO VRB03G11KT 10SM 32/26 A3005 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 201955Z AUTO 11014KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 201955Z AUTO 11013KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3006 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 201720Z 2018/2118 14007KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM210100 13005KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150 FM211400 11008KT P6SM SCT025 KHSA 201720Z 2018/2118 VRB04KT P6SM SCT025 FM202000 12007KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN040 FM210100 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150 FM211400 12007KT P6SM SCT025= 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 1500 CDT...ISOLD LGT SHRA LOCATED ABOUT 5-10 MI NE OF SPILL SITE. NO LIGHTNING DETECTED AT THIS TIME. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.71 FT AT 1436 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.16 FT AT 1600 CDT. WYCM6 1.24 FT AT 1436 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.62 FT AT 1900 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 87.0F. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........59 59 59 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 88 88 RH..............66 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 98 98 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 4.2 4.2 MIX HGT (KM)....1.3 1.3 1.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 9 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........59 66 68 68 59 54 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 86 85 85 83 83 RH..............68 70 72 72 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 95 94 94 90 90 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4200 3800 2900 2900 2700 2700 MIX HGT (M).....1280 1160 880 880 820 820 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 (%).........54 50 58 58 40 37 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 83 84 88 89 89 RH..............77 77 72 63 61 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 90 93 97 98 98 20 FT WIND......SE 10 E 9 E 9 E 10 E 10 E 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 4100 3800 3800 3400 3000 MIX HGT (M).....820 1250 1160 1160 1040 910 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 20 20 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.11/LIX