FNUS74 KLIX 290010 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 710 PM CDT WED JUL 28 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1900 CDT...BROAD 1021MB HIGH CENTERED OVER N GLFMEX NEAR MOUTH OF MS RIVER AND HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES MUCH OF THE GULF REGION. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1900 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...100F HOUMA /HUM/... 97F GULFPORT /GPT/...105F SLIDELL /ASD/... 98F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 95F WEST DELTA /DLP/...103F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HIGH HEAT INDEX READINGS TODAY... TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S TODAY. THESE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. .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 282351Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/21 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T03170211 10333 20317 55001 TSNO METAR KGAO 290000Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3014 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 282250Z 18004KT 7SM SKC 33/21 A3012 METAR KMDJ 282355Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3015 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 282355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A3012 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 1900 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.70 FT AT 1833 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.73 FT AT 2000 CDT. GISL1 0.67 FT AT 1835 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.57 FT AT 2240 CDT. PTFL1 0.66 FT AT 1837 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.63 FT AT 2300 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/28/2010 WED 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 07/31/2010 SAT 04:16AM LDT 0.7 H 06:12PM LDT 0.5 L 08/01/2010 SUN 03:52AM LDT 0.8 H 03:38PM LDT 0.4 L .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............86 84 83 82 82 82 81 81 80 80 80 RH..............73 77 79 79 80 82 84 85 85 85 85 HEAT INDEX (F)..95 94 92 90 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........12 13 13 13 13 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............80 82 87 89 90 89 RH..............85 79 68 62 58 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 91 99 102 102 100 20 FT WIND......NW 4 N 4 N 5 N 5 NW 5 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEAS............1 1 1 1 2 2 SEA STATE.......SM LC LC LC LC LC .THURSDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........13 19 19 19 34 34 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 85 83 82 81 80 RH..............63 75 83 86 88 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 96 94 92 90 88 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 6 W 5 NW 6 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 SEAS............2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100728.PORTF.15/LIX