FNUS74 KLIX 061819 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 119 PM CDT FRI AUG 6 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...WEAK 1015MB HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LARGER 1015-1016MB HIGH PRESSURE AREA COVERED MUCH OF THE GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/... 99F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...102F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...100F WEST DELTA /DLP/...100F .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 061751Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM SCT034 32/24 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T03170244 10333 20278 58006 TSNO METAR KGAO 061800Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2994 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 061750Z 30005KT 7SM SCT039 33/22 A2994 METAR KMDJ 061755Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM FEW026 SCT035 31/26 A2996 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 061755Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2994 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 1300 CDT...NO PRECIPITATION OR LIGHTNING WERE DETECTED IN THE UNIT AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.91 FT AT 1255 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.15 FT 1700 CDT. GISL1 0.81 FT AT 1255 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.01 FT 1800 CDT. PTFL1 0.77 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.08 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) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 89 90 90 90 RH..............71 68 65 63 63 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 105 105 103 103 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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............88 85 84 83 82 81 RH..............64 70 75 80 83 85 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 95 92 93 89 87 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 W 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............80 81 85 88 89 89 RH..............87 84 72 66 64 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 89 96 99 101 99 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 5 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.08/LIX