FNUS74 KLIX 301603 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 301551Z AUTO 34009G14KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T03220256 TSNO METAR KGAO 301540Z AUTO 31011G17KT 7SM CLR 32/23 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S METAR KHUM 301550Z 32004KT 7SM SKC 33/23 A3003 METAR KMDJ 301555Z AUTO 33017KT 9SM CLR 31/25 A3003 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301555Z AUTO 32013KT 9SM CLR 31/25 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 1100 CDT...A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS WAS DETECTED 80NM SW OF GRAND ISLE...MOVG S 10KT. NO LGTNG THESE CELLS AND MOVING AWAY FROM COAST. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.10 FT AT 1048 CDT STEADY NEAR HIGH TIDE. GISL1 0.60 FT AT 1048 CDT STEADY NEAR HIGH TIDE. PTFL1 0.79 FT AT 1048 CDT RISING...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) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........37 42 42 42 42 42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............68 66 62 60 60 62 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 102 102 102 102 102 101 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 9 8 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 3 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 (%).........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......NW 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............2 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.08/LIX