FNUS74 KLIX 312310 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 610 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1800 CDT...1012MB HIGH OVER THE WRN GLFMEX AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 1007MB OVER SW GEORGIA AND SE ALABAMA. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...108F HOUMA /HUM/...104F GULFPORT /GPT/...109F SLIDELL /ASD/...105F 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 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 312251Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP099 T03390233 TSNO METAR KGAO 312300Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 36/23 A2982 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 312250Z 30005KT 7SM SCT050 36/21 A2983 METAR KMDJ 312255Z AUTO 29006KT 9SM CLR 33/27 A2985 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 312255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 35/24 A2982 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 1800 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES OR LIGHTNING DETECTED IN THE UNIT AREAS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.80 FT AT 1746 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.28 FT AT 0300 CDT. GISL1 0.52 FT AT 1746 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 0.90 FT AT 0430 CDT. PTFL1 0.78 FT AT 1746 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.14 FT AT 0430 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........48 52 50 45 40 35 30 27 29 32 34 37 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 88 87 85 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 RH..............67 68 72 77 79 81 82 84 84 85 85 85 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 102 100 97 97 96 97 97 97 97 97 97 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......SM LC LC LC LC LC LC 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 .SUNDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........27 20 19 25 30 33 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............89 87 85 85 84 84 RH..............66 73 79 80 83 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 99 98 98 97 97 20 FT WIND......SW 6 S 6 S 6 SW 5 SW 5 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC SM $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100731.PORTF.15/LIX