FNUS74 KLIX 302216 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 516 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 1700 CDT...1016MB HIGH OVER THE WESTERN GLFMEX AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1010MB OVER N FLORIDA. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1700 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/... MM GULFPORT /GPT/...112F SLIDELL /ASD/...106F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...105F WEST DELTA /DLP/...107F .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 302151Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 34/24 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03390239 TSNO METAR KGAO 302200Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2992 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 302050Z 30004KT 7SM SCT046 36/22 A2995 METAR KMDJ 302155Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2994 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 302155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 35/24 A2992 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 1700 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.80 FT AT 1646 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.70 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 0.59 FT AT 1646 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.52 FT AT 2000 CDT. PTFL1 0.86 FT AT 1646 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.70 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) 5PM SKY (%).........42 WEATHER COV.....ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............89 RH..............64 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 20 FT WIND DIR..W 20 FT WIND SPD..8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 SEAS............1 SEA STATE.......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...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100730.PORTF.14/LIX