FNUS74 KLIX 292020 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 320 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1500 CDT...BROAD 1022MB HIGH CENTERED OVER N GLFMEX AND LWR MS VALLEY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...100F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...102F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F WEST DELTA /DLP/...105F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S FRIDAY. THESE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 90S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .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 291951Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T03280244 TSNO METAR KGAO 292000Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM SCT043 SCT060 35/23 A3010 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 291950Z 34004KT 7SM FEW030 35/19 A3010 METAR KMDJ 291955Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3013 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 291955Z AUTO VRB07KT 9SM CLR 33/25 A3010 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 1500 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED WITHIN 50NM 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........10 10 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............89 88 88 RH..............69 69 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 102 102 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........11 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 3 3 3 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 (%).........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............2 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100729.PORTF.12/LIX