FNUS74 KLIX 301015 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 515 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...BROAD 1018MB HIGH CENTERED OVER N GLFMEX AND LWR MS VALLEY TO PERSIST TODAY. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/... 85F SLIDELL /ASD/... 83F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 90F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 95F .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 TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S TODAY. 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 ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 300953Z AUTO 29014KT 10SM FEW060 30/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP156 T03000244 TSNO METAR KASD 300953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW050 26/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02560222 METAR KBVE 300951Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02830239 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 0500 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES WITHIN 100NM OF HOPEDALE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.99 FT AT 0454 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.19 FT AT 1130 CDT. GRPL1 0.60 FT AT 0420 CDT RISING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/03/2010 TUE 04:56AM LDT 1.2 H 04:51PM LDT 0.0 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........36 36 35 35 35 35 35 44 44 44 44 44 44 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............81 82 84 85 87 88 90 91 92 92 92 92 91 RH..............84 84 79 75 72 69 66 60 58 56 57 58 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 90 92 94 96 99 101 102 103 103 103 103 102 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N N NW NW W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 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 (%).........44 49 49 49 34 34 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............90 86 84 84 83 82 RH..............62 70 76 79 80 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 96 94 94 94 92 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 5 W 4 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........34 47 47 47 44 44 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 84 86 87 89 92 RH..............81 75 71 68 64 58 HEAT INDEX (F)..91 94 99 101 102 105 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 5 N 6 N 5 NE 4 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC SM SM $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100730.HOPED.02/LIX