FNUS74 KLIX 310918 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 418 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0400 CDT...1015MB HIGH OVER THE EXTREME WRN GLFMEX AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1009MB OVER N FLORIDA. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 87F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/... 91F SLIDELL /ASD/... 84F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 90F WEST DELTA /DLP/...100F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 310851Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02830239 56009 TSNO METAR KGAO 310900Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2990 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 310900Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 27/28 A2990 RMK AO2 T02740275 METAR KMDJ 310855Z AUTO 31016KT 10SM FEW050 SCT055 31/27 A2989 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 310855Z AUTO 30016KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2987 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 0400 CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WERE DETECTED JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF VENICE...MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.38 FT AT 0336 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 1.00 FT AT 1500 CDT. GISL1 0.87 FT AT 0346 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 0.90 FT AT 0415 CDT. PTFL1 1.10 FT AT 0346 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.82 FT AT 1300 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 04:41AM LDT 1.1 H 04:20PM LDT 0.1 L 08/04/2010 WED 05:29AM LDT 1.2 H 05:05PM LDT 0.0 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........M M 34 43 43 43 43 43 43 44 44 44 43 43 WEATHER COV.....M M ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....M M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M M 82 83 84 85 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............M M 82 80 78 75 72 70 67 65 65 66 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..M M 93 93 94 97 99 102 105 106 106 106 106 105 20 FT WIND DIR..M M NW N N N N N N N N SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..M M 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.M M 20 20 20 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).M M 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............M M 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......M M CH CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC SM SM .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........43 40 39 39 40 42 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 87 84 84 82 82 RH..............69 72 80 82 86 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 102 97 96 94 94 20 FT WIND......S 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 5 W 6 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........42 43 45 45 47 45 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 85 87 89 90 90 RH..............86 78 71 65 63 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 97 99 103 105 103 20 FT WIND......NW 8 NW 6 W 3 S 5 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 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...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100731.PORTF.01/LIX