FNUS74 KLIX 202306 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NOAA-OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 606 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1800 CDT...1022MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN GA...AL...MS...LA...AND INTO SERN TX. 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 1018MB. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 97F HOUMA /HUM/... 94F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...101F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...102F 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... 21Z RUC13 SOUNDING AT SPOT LOCATION SFC...E 14KT 250FT...E 15KT 500FT...E 16KT 1KFT...E 17KT 2KFT...E 15KT 3KFT...E 15KT 4KFT...E 15KT 5KFT...E 14KT MAX WIND...092/17KT 0.6 KFT. STORM MOTION...132/10KT 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 202251Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM FEW027 32/25 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T03170250 TSNO METAR KGAO 202240Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM TS SCT085 SCT110 30/25 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND E METAR KHSA 202250Z 15006KT 10SM SCT060 31/25 A3005 METAR KIPN 202255Z AUTO 10019KT 10SM CLR A3003 RMK A01 METAR KMYT 171225Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM 29/24 A3000 RMK A01 METAR KSPR 202255Z AUTO 11009G15KT 060V140 10SM CLR 32/25 A3002 RMK A01 METAR KMDJ 202255Z AUTO 10016KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A3004 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 202255Z AUTO 10014KT 9SM SCT028 SCT042 BKN055 31/25 A3003 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 1800 CDT...NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN NEAR THE SOURCE. CLOSEST LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED 150NM NW OF THE SOURCE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.54 FT AT 1737 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 2.28 FT AT 0500 CDT. WYCM6 0.77 FT AT 1739 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.56 FT AT 2000 CDT. BUOY 42040 WATER TEMP: 87.0F. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........66 66 66 68 68 68 68 59 59 59 54 54 WEATHER COV.....SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 87 86 86 85 85 85 84 83 83 83 83 RH..............68 70 70 72 72 72 74 77 77 77 77 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 95 95 94 94 94 92 90 90 90 90 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 MIX HGT (KM)....1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH 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 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........37 39 30 30 34 18 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 86 85 84 82 82 RH..............66 70 72 77 82 82 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 95 94 93 89 89 20 FT WIND......E 11 E 12 E 12 SE 13 SE 12 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 3600 3600 3600 3500 3700 MIX HGT (M).....910 1100 1100 1100 1070 1130 TRANSPORT WIND..E 21 E 22 SE 23 SE 23 SE 22 SE 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).E 9 E 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............5 5 5 5 6 6 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100720.DEEPW.14/LIX