FNUS74 KLIX 311402 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 902 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0900 CDT...1014MB HIGH OVER THE EXTREME WRN GLFMEX AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1011MB OVER N FLORIDA. 3MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0900 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 96F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/... 99F SLIDELL /ASD/... 94F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...100F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 97F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TODAY... TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS THE REGION. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. 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 TO AROUND 100 ON SUNDAY AS WELL. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 311353Z AUTO 32015KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03110244 TSNO METAR KASD 311353Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03000233 METAR KBVE 311351Z AUTO 33009G17KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP129 T03110250 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 0900 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED IN LA OR MS SOUNDS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.06 FT AT 0836 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.00 FT AT 1500 CDT. GRPL1 0.92 FT AT 0820 CDT STEADY. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 07/31/2010 SAT 04:15AM LDT 0.7 H 07:08PM LDT 0.5 L 08/01/2010 SUN 04:01AM LDT 0.9 H 04:41PM LDT 0.4 L 08/02/2010 MON 04:19AM LDT 1.1 H 04:21PM LDT 0.2 L 08/03/2010 TUE 04:55AM LDT 1.2 H 04:49PM LDT 0.0 L 08/04/2010 WED 05:42AM LDT 1.4 H 05:27PM LDT-0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........24 34 44 54 59 58 56 54 53 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 88 90 92 93 93 93 93 92 RH..............71 67 64 60 58 58 58 58 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 102 105 106 107 107 107 107 106 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........51 49 43 37 37 41 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............91 88 85 84 83 82 RH..............62 66 74 77 80 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 100 95 94 91 92 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 6 SW 6 SW 6 W 6 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 LC LC LC LC SM .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........46 47 45 44 42 35 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 86 89 92 93 92 RH..............83 74 67 61 60 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..92 97 102 107 109 107 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 6 SW 6 S 6 SE 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100731.HOPED.05/LIX