FNUS74 KLIX 061515 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1015 AM CDT FRI AUG 6 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1000 CDT...THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST HAD NEARLY DISSIPATED. 1015-1015MB HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GLFMEX WAS BECOMING THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMAION... AT 1000 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 98F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/... 98F SLIDELL /ASD/... 93F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...100F WEST DELTA /DLP/...103F .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 SPECI KNEW 061502Z 32005KT 10SM BKN013 29/26 A2996 RMK AO2 METAR KASD 061453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02940233 51011 METAR KBVE 061451Z AUTO 30006KT 7SM FEW024 31/25 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03110250 51014 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 1000 CDT...A FEW SHOWERS WERE DETECTED EAST OF THE SOUTHERN CHANDELEUR ISLANDS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 12 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.80 FT AT 0940 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.13 FT 1700 CDT. GRPL1 2.08 FT AT 0925 CDT FALLING. 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) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 53 53 53 53 53 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 86 87 88 89 90 90 90 RH..............72 71 69 67 64 63 63 61 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 98 99 101 103 103 102 103 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.07/LIX