FNUS74 KLIX 311013 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 513 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...1015MB HIGH OVER THE EXTREME WRN GLFMEX AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1009MB OVER N FLORIDA. 6 MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 87F HOUMA /HUM/... 91F GULFPORT /GPT/... 89F SLIDELL /ASD/... 82F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 91F 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 310951Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM FEW065 28/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02830244 TSNO METAR KGAO 311000Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2990 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 311000Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 27/27 A2990 RMK AO2 T02720273 METAR KMDJ 310955Z AUTO 32017KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2989 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 310955Z AUTO 31015KT 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 0500 CDT...ISOLATED TSTM 60 NM SE OF GRAND ISLE MOVING WSW 10 KTS. ISOLATED LGTNG STRIKES DETECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.31 FT AT 0448 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 1.00 FT AT 1500 CDT. GISL1 0.84 FT AT 0448 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.65 FT AT 1355 CDT. PTFL1 1.08 FT AT 0448 CDT FALLING...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 TIME (CDT) 5AM SKY (%).........34 WEATHER COV.....ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............85 RH..............76 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 20 FT WIND DIR..NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 SEAS............1 SEA STATE.......CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........34 43 43 43 43 43 43 44 44 44 43 43 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............82 83 84 85 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............82 80 78 75 72 70 67 65 65 66 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 94 97 99 102 105 106 106 106 106 105 20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N N N N N SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC SM SM $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100731.PORTF.02/LIX