FNUS74 KLIX 292306 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 606 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1800 CDT...BROAD 1020MB HIGH CENTERED OVER N GLFMEX AND LWR MS VALLEY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/... 99F GULFPORT /GPT/...105F SLIDELL /ASD/...101F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 98F WEST DELTA /DLP/...101F .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 292251Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T03330211 TSNO METAR KGAO 292240Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A3005 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 292250Z 32004KT 7SM FEW050 34/21 A3005 METAR KMDJ 292255Z AUTO 29011KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3007 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 292255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 33/23 A3003 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 1800 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED WITHIN 50NM OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.87 FT AT 1736 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 FT AT 1801 CDT. GISL1 0.75 FT AT 1736 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.61 FT AT 2100 CDT. PTFL1 0.86 FT AT 1736 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........11 11 13 17 21 25 29 31 34 40 46 52 WEATHER COV.....NONE........................................... WEATHER TYPE....NONE........................................... TEMP............88 86 85 83 83 82 82 81 81 81 81 81 RH..............70 74 77 81 82 84 85 87 88 89 89 87 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 99 96 94 94 92 92 91 91 91 91 91 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC CH 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 .FRIDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........60 56 56 56 46 46 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 85 84 83 82 82 RH..............71 79 83 86 90 90 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 98 97 95 96 96 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 8 W 8 W 7 NW 7 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .SUNDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .MONDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...WAGNER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100729.PORTF.15/LIX