FNUS74 KLIX 061317 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 817 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 061251Z AUTO 30004KT 6SM HZ CLR 29/26 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02940256 TSNO METAR KGAO 061300Z AUTO 28003KT 5SM BR CLR 27/26 A2994 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 061250Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 26/26 A2993 METAR KMDJ 061255Z AUTO VRB04G11KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A2994 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 061255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2992 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 0800 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED MOSTLY FROM 10 TO 20 MILES OFFSHORE FROM COASTAL TERREBONNE PARISH TO GRAND ISLE. ONE WEAKENING SHOWER WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF VENICE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NO LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 2.10 FT AT 0750 CDT NR FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.13 FT 1700 CDT. GISL1 1.67 FT AT 0745 CDT NR FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.00 FT 1800 CDT. PTFL1 1.87 FT AT 0750 CDT NR FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.02 FT 1800 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/10/2010 TUE 11:28AM LDT 1.2 H 09:36PM LDT 0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 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............84 84 86 87 88 88 90 90 89 90 RH..............78 76 73 71 69 69 65 65 65 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 98 100 103 103 105 105 102 103 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 6 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 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 87 85 83 83 82 RH..............63 67 72 79 81 81 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 97 96 94 93 91 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 (%).40 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC SM .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............81 82 85 87 89 89 RH..............84 81 73 68 64 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 91 94 98 101 101 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 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.......SM SM LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100806.PORTF.04/LIX