FNUS74 KLIX 290921 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 421 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0400 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 0400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 77F HOUMA /HUM/... 73F GULFPORT /GPT/... 78F SLIDELL /ASD/... 76F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 79F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 95F .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 NEAR 100 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...TAKE NUMEROUS BREAKS AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE FIND RELIEF IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 290853Z AUTO 27010KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02890250 56004 TSNO METAR KASD 290853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02440228 55001 METAR KBVE 290851Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02610239 56005 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 0400 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED OVER OR NEAR THE LA SOUNDS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.88 FT AT 0337 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.23 FT AT 1000 CDT. GRPL1 0.54 FT AT 0322 CDT RISING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 07/31/2010 SAT 04:17AM LDT 0.7 H 07:13PM LDT 0.5 L 08/01/2010 SUN 04:01AM LDT 0.9 H 04:41PM LDT 0.4 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........M 27 31 31 31 31 31 31 34 34 34 34 34 34 WEATHER COV.....M ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 79 81 83 85 87 88 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 RH..............M 88 88 82 76 70 66 63 61 59 59 57 57 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..M 87 90 94 95 97 99 101 102 102 102 101 101 101 20 FT WIND DIR..M NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..M 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.M 20 20 25 25 25 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......M LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........34 38 38 38 44 44 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 85 82 81 81 81 RH..............60 70 78 82 84 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 94 90 91 89 89 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 7 NW 6 NW 7 N 9 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 10 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........44 53 53 53 57 57 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 83 87 90 91 91 RH..............86 79 70 63 61 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 93 99 105 106 105 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 9 N 8 N 6 NW 4 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 10 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............2 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100729.HOPED.01/LIX