FNUS74 KLIX 011008 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 508 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 0500 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 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/... 90F SLIDELL /ASD/... 85F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 99F WEST DELTA /DLP/...108F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 010951Z AUTO 31005KT 7SM CLR 29/27 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02890272 TSNO METAR KGAO 011000Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2985 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 011002Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 28/28 A2985 RMK AO2 METAR KMDJ 010955Z AUTO 31016KT 10SM CLR 31/27 A2985 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 010955Z AUTO 30011G16KT 10SM CLR 31/28 A2983 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...NO RADAR ECHOES OR LIGHTNING DETECTED IN THE UNIT AREAS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.44 FT AT 0312 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.68 FT AT 1500 CDT. GISL1 0.80 FT AT 0436 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.35 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 0.99 FT AT 0436 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.44 FT AT 1430 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/05/2010 THU 06:24AM LDT 1.3 H 05:53PM LDT -0.1 L TIME (CDT) 5AM SKY (%).........37 WEATHER COV.....ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............84 RH..............85 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 20 FT WIND DIR..NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 SEAS............1 SEA STATE.......LC .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........40 42 42 42 40 40 40 37 37 37 33 33 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............84 84 84 84 85 87 90 90 90 90 90 90 RH..............84 84 84 82 80 73 67 65 65 64 63 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 97 97 97 99 103 106 107 107 106 106 105 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N NE NE E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100801.PORTF.02/LIX