FNUS74 KLIX 261810 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 110 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 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 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...108F HOUMA /HUM/...108F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/... 94F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...MISG WEST DELTA /DLP/...105F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 261751Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR A3006 RMK AO2 RAB1659E12 SLP180 P0000 60000 50000 FZRANO TSNO $ METAR KGAO 261800Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM VCTS SCT027 SCT034 33/26 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQS METAR KHUM 261750Z 16006KT 7SM TS BKN027TCU BKN050 33/26 A3006 RMK OCNL LTGCG TS NE MOV E METAR KMDJ 261755Z AUTO 17015KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 261755Z AUTO 15014KT 10SM FEW019 32/26 A3005 RMK A01 **************************************************************** VALID ALONG THE SE LA COAST FM PT AU FER TO SW PASS OF MS RVR. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM GRAND ISLE LA. **************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1300 CDT...SHOWERS WERE INCREASING IN COVERAGE MAINLY FM PORT FOURCHON WESTWARD TO TERREBONNE BAY...MOVING NW 13KT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DETECTED ALONG THE EAST BANK OF THE MS RIVER FROM EMPIRE TO BELLE CHASSE. CLOSEST LIGHTNING...35NM NW NEAR LOCKPORT. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.88 FT AT 1234 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.72 FT AT 2102 CDT. GISL1 1.84 FT AT 1245 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.63 FT AT 2055 CDT. PTFL1 1.90 FT AT 1245 CDT STEADY ...LOW TIDE 0.62 FT AT 2159 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/26/2010 MON 09:40PM LDT 0.1 L 07/27/2010 TUE 11:24AM LDT 1.0 H 09:52PM LDT 0.2 L 07/28/2010 WED 11:50AM LDT 0.9 H 09:48PM LDT 0.3 L 07/29/2010 THU 12:13PM LDT 0.8 H 09:20PM LDT 0.4 L 07/30/2010 FRI 12:17PM LDT 0.7 H 08:17PM LDT 0.5 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........75 75 75 75 75 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............90 90 90 89 89 RH..............67 67 67 67 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 103 103 100 100 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........75 68 68 68 56 56 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 87 84 84 82 82 RH..............67 71 77 78 82 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 98 93 93 91 92 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 SE 9 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 40 40 50 50 SEAS............2 2 2 2 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 (%).........56 63 63 63 59 59 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 82 84 87 87 87 RH..............89 87 80 71 70 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 97 100 102 101 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 7 S 8 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............3 1 1 1 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC CH CH $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100726.PORTF.08/LIX