FNUS74 KLIX 301703 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1203 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...WEAK AND DISSIPATING TROUGH ALONG THE UPPER GLFMEX COAST 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 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/...105F GULFPORT /GPT/...107F SLIDELL /ASD/...103F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F WEST DELTA /DLP/...100F .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 301651Z AUTO 33010KT 10SM FEW055 33/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T03280244 TSNO METAR KGAO 301640Z AUTO 33014G17KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A3002 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 301650Z 32004KT 7SM SKC 34/24 A3003 METAR KMDJ 301655Z AUTO 34017KT 9SM CLR 30/26 A3002 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301655Z AUTO 33013KT 9SM FEW033 FEW041 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 1200 CDT...NO ECHOES WERE DETECTED WITHIN 100NM OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.04 FT AT 1148 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.66 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 0.61 FT AT 1141 CDT STEADY NEAR HIGH TIDE. PTFL1 0.76 FT AT 1141 CDT STEADY.NEAR HIGH TIDE. 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........42 42 42 42 42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............66 62 60 60 62 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 102 102 102 102 101 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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.09/LIX