FNUS74 KLIX 011109 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 609 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 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 0600 CDT...1012MB HIGH OVER THE WRN GLFMEX AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 1009MB OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3MB GRADIENT ACROSS GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 87F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/... 89F SLIDELL /ASD/... 85F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F WEST DELTA /DLP/...105F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES 105 TO 110 TODAY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOT CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 011053Z AUTO 31012KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP104 T03000261 TSNO METAR KASD 011053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02610233 METAR KBVE 011051Z AUTO 30005KT 8SM CLR 29/27 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02890267 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 0600 CDT...NO RADAR ECHOES OR LIGHTNING DETECTED IN THE UNIT AREAS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.28 FT AT 0530 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.68 FT AT 1500 CDT. GRPL1 1.04 FT AT 0520 CDT STEADY. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/05/2010 THU 06:37AM LDT 1.5 H 06:10PM LDT -0.3 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........37 38 38 38 40 40 40 42 42 42 41 41 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............81 81 82 85 88 90 92 93 93 93 93 92 RH..............88 90 87 79 72 67 62 59 59 59 60 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 93 93 100 105 107 109 110 110 110 109 107 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N NE NE E E SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC SM SM SM SM SM SM LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........41 31 26 26 27 28 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............91 87 84 83 82 82 RH..............64 72 81 83 86 87 HEAT INDEX (F)..106 99 97 95 94 94 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 5 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.......LC LC LC LC LC SM .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........28 28 29 29 30 32 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 82 87 91 92 92 RH..............87 85 72 64 61 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..95 95 102 107 107 106 20 FT WIND......W 5 NW 3 E 2 SE 5 SE 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100801.HOPED.03/LIX