FNUS74 KLIX 301301 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 801 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN GLFMEX WITH 1013MB LOW IN NE GLFMEX. 1018MB HIGH OFF THE LA COAST. 5MB GRADIENT WITH MDT N FLOW BETWEEN THESE FEATURES TO WEAKEN DURING THE DAY AS THE HIGH PRES SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE N GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 92F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/... 88F SLIDELL /ASD/... 80F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 94F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 99F .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 301251Z AUTO 31009KT 9SM CLR 29/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02890250 TSNO METAR KGAO 301240Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE METAR KHUM 301250Z 31006KT 7SM SKC 28/28 A3004 METAR KMDJ 301255Z AUTO 32020KT 10SM FEW017 SCT050 SCT065 30/26 A3003 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301255Z AUTO 30012G20KT 250V320 9SM CLR 30/26 A3001 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 0800 CDT...A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS WAS DEVELOPING 59NM SW OF GRAND ISLE...MOVG S 10KT. NO LGTNG THESE CELLS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.03 FT AT 0736 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.05 FT AT 1100 CDT. GISL1 0.56 FT AT 0736 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 0.74 FT AT 1300 CDT. PTFL1 0.72 FT AT 0736 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 0.86 FT AT 1258 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) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........37 37 37 37 42 42 42 42 42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 86 87 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............76 74 71 68 66 62 60 60 62 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 98 98 101 102 102 102 102 102 101 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.05/LIX