FNUS74 KLIX 291008 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 508 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 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 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 77F HOUMA /HUM/... 73F GULFPORT /GPT/... 79F SLIDELL /ASD/... 77F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 87F 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 290953Z AUTO 29011KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02890250 TSNO METAR KASD 290953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T02440228 METAR KBVE 290951Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02720244 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 0500 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED OVER OR NEAR THE LA SOUNDS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.94 FT AT 0437 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.23 FT AT 1000 CDT. GRPL1 0.63 FT AT 0422 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 08/02/2010 MON 04:19AM LDT 1.1 H 04:21PM LDT 0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........27 31 31 31 31 31 31 34 34 34 34 34 34 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 81 83 85 87 88 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 RH..............88 88 82 76 70 66 63 61 59 59 57 57 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 90 94 95 97 99 101 102 102 102 101 101 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 25 25 25 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100729.HOPED.02/LIX