FNUS74 KLIX 060009 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 709 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1900 CDT...A BROAD 1014MB HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE COVERED MOST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GOMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1900 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/...100F GULFPORT /GPT/... 91F SLIDELL /ASD/... 95F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...105F WEST DELTA /DLP/...105F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 90 DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF ABOUT 105 DEGREES. 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 052351Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW040 32/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T03170239 10339 20311 57000 TSNO METAR KGAO 060000Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2988 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 052350Z 00000KT 7SM BKN120 30/24 A2988 METAR KMDJ 052355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2989 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 052355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A2987 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 1900 CDT...NO IMPACTS EXPECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.22 FT AT 1900 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.20 FT 1700 CDT. GISL1 0.14 FT AT 1900 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.10 FT 1730 CDT. PTFL1 0.06 FT AT 1900 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.05 FT 1700 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/05/2010 THU 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) 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........55 50 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TEMP............87 87 RH..............69 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 97 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 SEAS............1 1 SEA STATE.......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 CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 86 86 85 84 83 RH..............69 70 71 75 78 80 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 96 96 94 93 91 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 4 S 4 S 5 S 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 30 30 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 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 83 85 89 90 90 RH..............80 80 76 68 65 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..91 91 98 105 105 102 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 50 50 50 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...ERICKSON REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100805.PORTF.15/LIX