FNUS74 KLIX 022222 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 522 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1700 CDT...BROAD 1016MB HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER THE EAST GULFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1700 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...110F HOUMA /HUM/...107F GULFPORT /GPT/...110F SLIDELL /ASD/...109F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...110F WEST DELTA /DLP/...114F .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 022151Z AUTO 18007KT 8SM CLR 34/26 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T03390261 TSNO METAR KGAO 022200Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 37/23 A2994 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 022150Z 13004KT 7SM SCT030 SCT080 38/20 A2995 METAR KMDJ 022215Z AUTO 15007KT 9SM CLR 32/27 A2997 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 022215Z AUTO 18007KT 9SM CLR 34/26 A2994 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 1700 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED IN THE UNIT AREAS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.69 FT AT 1650 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.62 FT AT 0300 CDT. GISL1 0.34 FT AT 1650 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.30 FT AT 0400 CDT. PTFL1 0.47 FT AT 1650 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.40 FT AT 0400 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........M 47 47 47 47 42 42 42 27 27 27 32 32 WEATHER COV.....M SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 89 88 88 88 88 87 87 87 86 86 86 86 RH..............M 67 68 69 70 71 72 72 73 75 76 78 78 HEAT INDEX (F)..M 103 100 99 100 100 100 100 100 102 102 103 103 20 FT WIND DIR..M S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..M 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.M 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......M LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC SM SM .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..............78 75 71 67 64 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 100 100 103 103 103 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.......SM SM LC LC LC LC .TUESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........43 18 18 18 13 13 WEATHER COV.....S CHC ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 87 86 85 84 RH..............65 71 73 76 79 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 100 100 100 100 101 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 5 S 5 S 5 SW 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100802.PORTF.14/LIX