FNUS74 KLIX 301603 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1103 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1100 CDT...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN GLFMEX WITH 1013MB LOW IN NE GLFMEX. 1019MB HIGH OFF THE LA COAST. 6MB GRADIENT WITH MDT N FLOW BETWEEN THESE FEATURES TO WEAKEN DURING THE DAY AS THE HIGH PRES SPREADS EAST ACROSS THE N GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 98F HOUMA /HUM/...101F GULFPORT /GPT/...107F SLIDELL /ASD/...101F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...104F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 97F .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 301553Z AUTO 33013KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP165 T03170233 TSNO METAR KASD 301553Z AUTO 36008G14KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T03280233 METAR KBVE 301551Z AUTO 34009G14KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T03220256 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 1100 CDT...NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF HOPEDALE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.10 FT AT 1048 CDT STEADY NEAR HIGH TIDE. GRPL1 0.54 FT AT 1020 CDT RISING AND ERRATIC DUE TO WIND. 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) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........35 44 44 44 44 44 44 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............90 91 92 92 92 92 91 RH..............66 60 58 56 57 58 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 102 103 103 103 103 102 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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............2 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.08/LIX