FNUS74 KLIX 061618 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1118 AM CDT FRI AUG 6 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1100 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 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 98F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/...101F SLIDELL /ASD/... 98F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F 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 061551Z AUTO VRB04KT 9SM SCT029 32/25 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T03220250 TSNO METAR KGAO 061600Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2996 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 061550Z 32004KT 7SM SCT080 31/23 A2996 METAR KMDJ 061555Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A2998 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 061555Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM SCT021 SCT027 31/26 A2996 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 1000 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DETECTED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND ISLE TO NEAR SOUTHWEST PASS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 12 MPH. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED QUITE A BIT DURING THE LAST HOUR. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.46 FT AT 1045 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.13 FT 1700 CDT. GISL1 1.28 FT AT 1045 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.01 FT 1800 CDT. PTFL1 1.25 FT AT 1050 CDT 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) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 88 88 90 90 89 90 RH..............71 69 69 65 65 65 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 103 103 105 105 102 103 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.07/LIX