FNUS74 KLIX 061316 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 816 AM CDT FRI AUG 6 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...A WEAK 1013MB LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 85F GULFPORT /GPT/... 85F SLIDELL /ASD/...<85F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F WEST DELTA /DLP/...102F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING AS HOT TEMPERATURES AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER IN THE VICINITY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL AGAIN RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO NEAR 80. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 061253Z AUTO 25009KT 10SM FEW014 SCT022 29/25 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02940250 TSNO METAR KASD 061253Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 25/23 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02500233 METAR KBVE 061251Z AUTO 30004KT 6SM HZ CLR 29/26 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02940256 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 0800 CDT...A FEW SHOWERS WERE DETECTED 10 MILES EAST OF HOPEDALE AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN CHANDELEUR ISLANDS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.10 FT AT 0750 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.13 FT 1700 CDT. GRPL1 2.14 FT AT 0730 CDT NEAR HIGH TIDE. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/06/2010 FRI 07:36AM LDT 1.6 H 06:56PM LDT -0.4 L 08/07/2010 SAT 08:37AM LDT 1.7 H 07:43PM LDT -0.4 L 08/08/2010 SUN 09:37AM LDT 1.7 H 08:30PM LDT -0.3 L 08/09/2010 MON 10:37AM LDT 1.6 H 09:14PM LDT -0.1 L 08/09/2010 TUE 11:38AM LDT 1.5 H 09:51PM LDT 0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 53 53 53 53 53 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 90 90 RH..............80 77 72 71 69 67 64 63 63 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 96 96 98 99 101 103 103 102 103 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........53 51 51 51 51 51 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 86 83 81 80 80 RH..............63 71 76 84 87 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 98 94 91 89 87 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........51 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 83 85 86 88 89 RH..............88 78 73 70 65 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 90 96 99 101 99 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 5 SW 5 SW 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100806.HOPED.04/LIX