FNUS74 KLIX 302108 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 408 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 1600 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 1600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...106F GULFPORT /GPT/...113F SLIDELL /ASD/...107F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F WEST DELTA /DLP/...102F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HEAT INDICIES REMAIN IN THE 105-110 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD BEGIN TO DROP DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ON SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. 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 THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 90S ON SUNDAY AS WELL. .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 302051Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP136 T03390233 58021 TSNO METAR KGAO 302100Z AUTO 30010KT 10SM SCT049 35/23 A2994 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 302050Z 30004KT 7SM SCT046 36/22 A2995 METAR KMDJ 302055Z AUTO 33010KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2996 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 302055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A2993 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 1600 CDT...ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 44 TO 55NM SW OF GRAND ISLE...MOVG S 10KT. NO LGTNG DETECTED THESE CELLS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.83 FT AT 1536 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.66 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 0.60 FT AT 1536 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.53 FT AT 2000 CDT. PTFL1 0.87 FT AT 1536 CDT STEADY...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) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........42 42 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TEMP............90 89 RH..............64 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 102 20 FT WIND DIR..W W 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 SEAS............1 1 SEA STATE.......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.13/LIX