FNUS74 KLIX 050958 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 458 AM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...A BROAD 1014MB HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE COVERED MOST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... HOUMA /HUM/... GULFPORT /GPT/... SLIDELL /ASD/... BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 92F WEST DELTA /DLP/...103F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 90S WITH A FEW LOCALES IN THE UPPER 90S. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMBING TO 105 TO 110 DEGREES. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME CLOUD COVER...ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION...TO BRING LOCALIZED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. .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 050951Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 28/25 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02780250 TSNO METAR KGAO 050940Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND S METAR KHUM 050941Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 25/25 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND S METAR KMDJ 050935Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM FEW003 SCT050 31/25 A2991 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 050935Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2989 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...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM 48 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE. THERE WAS LITTLE MOVEMENT NOTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.03 FT AT 0418 CDT RISING....HIGH TIDE 2.05 0500 CDT. GISL1 1.56 FT AT 0418 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.58 AT 0600 CDT. PTFL1 1.78 FT AT 0412 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.80 FT AT 0530 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/07/2010 SAT 08:24AM LDT 1.4 H 07:29PM LDT -0.2 L 08/08/2010 SUN 09:24AM LDT 1.4 H 08:16PM LDT -0.1 L 08/09/2010 MON 10:25AM LDT 1.4 H 09:00PM LDT 0.0 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............86 86 86 86 86 85 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 RH..............78 78 78 76 82 82 75 66 66 66 66 68 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 100 99 99 98 98 102 102 102 102 101 102 102 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC SM SM LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........55 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 86 86 85 85 84 RH..............69 72 73 76 78 80 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 98 98 97 97 96 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 5 S 5 S 6 SW 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........50 55 55 55 55 55 WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 84 85 89 90 90 RH..............79 77 73 65 63 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 93 96 103 105 103 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...SHIELDS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100805.PORTF.02/LIX