FNUS74 KLIX 301116 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 616 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0600 CDT...BROAD 1018MB HIGH CENTERED OVER N GLFMEX AND LWR MS VALLEY TO PERSIST TODAY. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 87F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/... 85F SLIDELL /ASD/... 82F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 89F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 301051Z AUTO 31006KT 9SM CLR 28/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02780244 TSNO METAR KGAO 301100Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3003 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 301050Z 30005KT 5SM BR SCT050 27/27 A3003 METAR KMDJ 301055Z AUTO 32021KT 10SM BKN055 30/26 A3002 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301055Z AUTO 31016KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3000 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 0600 CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DETECTED 89NM SE OF GRAND ISLE...MOVING S 10KT. OCNL LGTNG THESE CELLS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.99 FT AT 0454 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.19 FT AT 1130 CDT. GISL1 0.54 FT AT 0454 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 0.85 FT AT 1200 CDT. PTFL1 0.74 FT AT 0454 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 0.99 FT AT 1200 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/03/2010 TUE 04:42AM LDT 1.1 H 04:21PM LDT 0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........37 37 37 37 37 37 42 42 42 42 42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISO 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 TEMP............83 84 84 86 87 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............87 79 76 74 71 68 66 62 60 60 62 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..90 93 94 98 98 101 102 102 102 102 102 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........42 49 49 49 37 37 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 85 84 83 83 82 RH..............65 74 80 82 82 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 96 96 94 94 94 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 5 W 4 W 5 W 7 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 10 15 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........37 47 47 47 42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 84 86 86 88 90 RH..............83 79 75 71 67 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 96 97 99 101 102 20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 9 NW 8 N 6 N 4 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 10 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH LC LC LC SM $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100730.PORTF.03/LIX