FNUS74 KLIX 261913
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
213 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.SYNOPSIS...
AT 1400 CDT...1021MB HIGH OVER FL PENINSULA...RIDGING INTO CNTRL
GLFMEX TO 93W. BROAD INVERTED LOW PRES TROF...1014MB OVER WRN
GLFMEX. 7MB GRADIENT ACROSS GLFMEX HIGH TO TROF.

.NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION...
AT 1400 CDT...
GALLIANO    /GAO/... 97F
HOUMA       /HUM/...108F
GULFPORT    /GPT/...107F
SLIDELL     /ASD/... 98F
BOOTHVILLE  /BVE/...100F
WEST DELTA  /DLP/...103F

.WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY...
...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS.
...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS.

.NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS...
...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS
...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS
...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS

SPECI KNEW 261907Z 13007G19KT 3SM -TSRA FEW004 BKN023 OVC060 28/24 A3005
     RMK AO2 P0022
METAR KASD 261853Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S
     AND SW TSE13 SLP169 T03060244
METAR KBVE 261851Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM BKN028 BKN039 31/25 A3006 RMK AO2
     SLP178 T03110250 TSNO PNO $
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VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS.
REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA.
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RADAR...
AT 1400 CDT...ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER LOWER
BRETON SOUND AND IN THE BILOXI MARSH...MOVING NW 13KT. NO LIGHTNING
WAS DETECTE THESE CELLS. CLOSEST LIGHTNING...OVER LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
NEAR LAKEFRONT AIRPORT...28NM NW.


.TIDAL INFORMATION...
PSTL1 1.65 FT AT 1348 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.72 FT AT 2102 CDT.
GRPL1 2.30 FT AT 1323 CDT RISING.

CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE
    (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES)

07/26/2010 MON 09:45PM LDT 0.0  L
07/27/2010 TUE 11:38AM LDT 1.2  H  09:58PM LDT 0.1  L
07/28/2010 WED 12:08PM LDT 1.1  H  09:57PM LDT 0.2  L
07/29/2010 THU 12:34PM LDT 0.9  H  09:34PM LDT 0.4  L
07/30/2010 FRI 12:48PM LDT 0.8  H  08:44PM LDT 0.5  L


.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........75  75  75  75
WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............90  90  89  89
RH..............66  66  66  67
HEAT INDEX (F)..105 105 103 103
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9   9   9   9
20 FT WIND GUST.20  20  20  20
CHC OF PCPN (%).60  60  60  60
SEAS............1   1   1   1
SEA STATE.......CH  CH  CH  CH

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........75     69     69     69     56     56
WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............89     87     84     83     81     81
RH..............67     71     77     79     84     86
HEAT INDEX (F)..100    98     93     93     89     87
20 FT WIND......SE 8   SE 7   SE 7   S 7    S 7    S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15     15     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).60     40     40     40     50     50
SEAS............1      1      1      1      1      1
SEA STATE.......CH     LC     LC     LC     LC     LC

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........56     62     62     62     58     58
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............81     81     85     86     86     86
RH..............84     81     74     71     70     70
HEAT INDEX (F)..87     90     98     100    99     99
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 6    S 6    S 6    SE 6   S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).50     50     50     50     50     50
SEAS............1      1      1      1      1      1
SEA STATE.......LC     LC     LC     LC     LC     LC

$$
FORECASTER...RICKS
REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100726.HOPED.09/LIX