FNUS74 KLIX 302313 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 613 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1800 CDT...1016MB HIGH OVER THE WESTERN GLFMEX AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1010MB OVER N FLORIDA. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/... 99F GULFPORT /GPT/...110F SLIDELL /ASD/...104F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F WEST DELTA /DLP/...110F .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 302251Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03330239 TSNO METAR KGAO 302300Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2991 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 302250Z 33005KT 7SM SKC 34/21 A2991 METAR KMDJ 302255Z AUTO 31009KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2992 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 302255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW060 SCT070 36/25 A2990 RMK **************************************************************** 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 1800 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.90 FT AT 1746 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.07 FT AT 0500 CDT. GISL1 0.60 FT AT 1746 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.55 FT AT 2000 CDT. PTFL1 0.88 FT AT 1746 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.77 FT AT 2030 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........42 44 44 44 42 42 42 32 32 32 34 34 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 87 85 84 83 83 83 83 82 82 82 82 RH..............65 69 71 76 79 81 82 82 84 84 84 82 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 98 95 94 93 94 94 94 94 94 94 93 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC CH 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 .SATURDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........43 46 45 45 40 42 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 87 84 84 82 82 RH..............69 74 81 83 88 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 100 97 97 95 95 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100730.PORTF.15/LIX