FNUS74 KLIX 291909 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 209 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 CDT...BROAD 1022MB HIGH CENTERED OVER N GLFMEX AND LWR MS VALLEY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...101F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...102F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F 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 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 291851Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP201 T03280244 TSNO METAR KGAO 291900Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM SCT039 34/24 A3012 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 291850Z 34004KT 7SM FEW030 34/22 A3012 METAR KMDJ 291855Z AUTO 33010KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3015 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 291855Z AUTO VRB06G11KT 9SM CLR 32/25 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 1400 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.13 FT AT 1348 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 FT AT 1801 CDT. GISL1 0.99 FT AT 1348 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.61 FT AT 2104 CDT. PTFL1 1.16 FT AT 1348 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.75 FT AT 2100 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/29/2010 THU 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) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........13 15 15 14 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............89 89 88 88 RH..............67 69 69 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 103 102 102 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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 15 10 10 10 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