FNUS74 KLIX 021906 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 206 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 CDT...WEAK 1014MB LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM FL PANHANDLE INTO NORTHERN GLFMEX. BROAD 1017MB HIGH OVER EASTERN GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...110F HOUMA /HUM/...108F GULFPORT /GPT/...117F SLIDELL /ASD/...109F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...108F WEST DELTA /DLP/...112F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES AGAIN THIS 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 021851Z AUTO VRB03KT 7SM CLR 35/24 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 T03500244 TSNO METAR KGAO 021840Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 37/23 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE METAR KHUM 021850Z 03006KT 7SM SCT040 38/19 A2997 METAR KMDJ 021855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 32/27 A3000 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 021855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 36/25 A2998 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 1400 CDT...ISOLATED TSTMS 30NM SE OF GRAND ISLE NEAR THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MOVING WSW 5 KTS. LIGHTNING DETECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.58 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.58 FT AT 1500 CDT. GISL1 0.42 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.40 FT AT 1530 CDT. PTFL1 0.37 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.41 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 .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........47 47 47 47 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............95 94 94 92 RH..............64 66 66 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..117 115 115 110 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........47 47 42 42 27 32 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 88 88 87 86 86 RH..............67 70 74 76 82 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 99 100 99 98 96 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........32 31 41 41 43 43 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............86 86 87 89 90 90 RH..............89 80 71 67 63 58 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 98 100 105 103 101 20 FT WIND......S 3 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100802.PORTF.11/LIX