FNUS74 KLIX 061725 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1225 PM CDT FRI AUG 6 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...THE WEAK 1014MB LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST HAS NEARLY DISSIPATED. 1015-1016MB HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GLFMEX WAS BECOMING THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...101F HOUMA /HUM/... 99F GULFPORT /GPT/...103F SLIDELL /ASD/...101F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F 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 METAR KNEW 061653Z 31007KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP138 T03110250 METAR KASD 061653Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 T03220239 METAR KBVE 061651Z AUTO VRB05KT 9SM CLR 32/25 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03220250 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** RADAR... AT 1200 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED IN THE UNIT AREAS. SATELLITE INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO NEAR HOPEDALE AND THE SHORELINE AREAS NEAR CHANDELEUR SOUND AND BRETON SOUND. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.95 FT AT 1155 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.13 FT 1700 CDT. GRPL1 1.73 FT AT 1130 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 53 53 53 53 53 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 89 90 90 91 91 RH..............67 64 62 61 60 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 101 102 103 104 105 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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............90 86 83 81 80 80 RH..............62 71 76 84 87 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..104 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.08/LIX