FNUS74 KLIX 021009 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 509 AM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...LARGE 1014MB HIGH COVERS MOST OF THE NORTHERN GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 83F HOUMA /HUM/...MISSING GULFPORT /GPT/... 94F SLIDELL /ASD/... 91F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F 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 UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMBING TO 105 TO 110 DEGREES. .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 020951Z AUTO 32004KT 7SM CLR 29/26 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02940261 TSNO METAR KGAO 021000Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 26/26 A2992 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 012350Z 25004KT 7SM SKC 34/25 A2995 RMK LAST METAR KMDJ 020955Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2992 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 020955Z AUTO 30009KT 10SM CLR 32/27 A2991 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED 50 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH 70 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND ISLE. MOVEMENT WAS WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.59 FT AT 0430 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.67 FT AT 1500 CDT. GISL1 1.18 FT AT 0436 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.40 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 1.38 FT AT 0350 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.51 FT AT 1500 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/06/2010 FRI 07:24AM LDT 1.4 H 06:41PM LDT -0.2 L TIME (CDT) 5AM SKY (%).........29 WEATHER COV.....ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............84 RH..............86 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 20 FT WIND DIR..NW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 SEAS............1 SEA STATE.......SM .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........29 37 37 37 41 41 41 47 47 47 47 47 WEATHER COV.....ISO SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............87 84 82 78 74 69 65 64 64 66 66 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 98 100 101 103 105 105 105 104 104 104 104 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE SE SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM SM LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100802.PORTF.02/LIX