FNUS74 KLIX 312110 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 410 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 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 SUNDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1600 CDT...1013MB HIGH OVER THE WRN GLFMEX AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 1008MB OVER N FLORIDA. 5MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...106F HOUMA /HUM/...106F GULFPORT /GPT/...110F SLIDELL /ASD/...103F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...106F WEST DELTA /DLP/...108F .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... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY... 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 312051Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 34/24 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP109 T03440239 58012 TSNO METAR KGAO 312100Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 36/22 A2985 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 312050Z 36005KT 7SM SCT050 37/21 A2996 METAR KMDJ 312055Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2987 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 312055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/25 A2985 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 1600 CDT...ISOLATED TSTM DEVELOPING 50 NM W OF GRAND ISLE MOVING S 5 KTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.85 FT AT 1536 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.28 FT AT 0300 CDT. GISL1 0.54 FT AT 1536 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.00 FT AT 0300 CDT. PTFL1 0.76 FT AT 1536 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.17 FT AT 0300 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 .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........27 37 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TEMP............90 89 RH..............64 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..106 105 20 FT WIND DIR..W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 SEAS............0 0 SEA STATE.......SM SM .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........48 50 40 30 29 34 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 87 84 84 84 84 RH..............67 72 79 82 84 85 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 100 97 97 97 97 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 20 20 SEAS............0 1 1 1 0 0 SEA STATE.......SM LC LC LC LC LC .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........40 42 40 38 36 33 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 84 85 90 90 90 RH..............84 83 80 67 65 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 97 99 106 107 106 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 6 NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............0 0 0 0 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100731.PORTF.13/LIX