FNUS74 KLIX 291810 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 110 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...BROAD 1023MB 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 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...102F HOUMA /HUM/... 99F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...100F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...102F WEST DELTA /DLP/...100F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 291751Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP207 T03220244 10328 20278 58012 TSNO METAR KGAO 291800Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A3015 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 291750Z 36003KT 7SM SCT027 33/22 A3016 METAR KMDJ 291755Z AUTO 33010KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3016 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 291755Z AUTO 32008KT 270V340 9SM CLR 31/25 A3013 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...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.25 FT AT 1248 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 FT AT 1801 CDT. GISL1 0.99 FT AT 1248 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.61 FT AT 2104 CDT. PTFL1 1.18 FT AT 1248 CDT STEADY NR HIGH TIDE. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/02/2010 MON 04:07AM LDT 1.0 H 03:44PM LDT 0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........9 13 15 15 14 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............89 89 89 88 88 RH..............67 67 69 69 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 103 103 102 102 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........12 13 21 29 34 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 85 83 82 81 81 RH..............70 77 82 85 88 89 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 96 94 92 91 91 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 10 W 10 W 10 W 10 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 3 3 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........58 61 61 61 60 60 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 82 86 89 90 90 RH..............87 83 75 67 66 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 91 99 103 103 105 20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 8 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100729.PORTF.11/LIX