FNUS74 KLIX 302016 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 316 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1500 CDT...1018MB HIGH OVER THE WESTERN GLFMEX AND WEAKENING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1012MB OVER N FLORIDA. 6MB GRADIENT HIGH TO TROUGH ACROSS THE N GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...103F GULFPORT /GPT/...111F SLIDELL /ASD/...107F 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 301951Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03330239 TSNO METAR KGAO 302000Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2996 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 301950Z 34006KT 7SM SCT030 35/22 A299 METAR KMDJ 301955Z AUTO 33014KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2998 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 301955Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2995 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 1500 CDT...A SMALL CLUSTER OF WEAKENING SHOWERS WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER...MOVING S 10KT. NO LGTNG DETECTED THESE CELLS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.93 FT AT 1454 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.66 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 0.64 FT AT 1454 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.53 FT AT 2000 CDT. PTFL1 0.88 FT AT 1454 CDT RISING...LOW TIDE 0.68 FT AT 2000 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/30/2010 FRI 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........42 42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............90 90 89 RH..............61 64 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 103 102 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........42 44 42 42 32 34 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 85 83 83 82 82 RH..............65 71 79 82 84 84 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 95 93 94 94 94 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 9 W 9 W 8 W 9 NW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........34 43 43 43 43 43 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 85 86 89 89 90 RH..............82 75 74 67 67 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 96 100 105 106 106 20 FT WIND......NW 10 NW 10 N 8 N 6 NW 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH LC LC LC SM $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100730.PORTF.12/LIX