FNUS74 KLIX 071818 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 118 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1300 CDT...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE 1013-1014MB WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. LARGER 1015-1016 MB HIGH PRESSURE AREA COVERS MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...105F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...103F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...105F WEST DELTA /DLP/...110F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS MAY SEE RELIEF FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HOT WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND HEAT ADVISORIES OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .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 071751Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 33/25 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 60001 T03280250 10333 20272 50000 TSNO METAR KGAO 071800Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM SCT034 33/25 A2993 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 071750Z 33005KT 7SM SCT040 35/23 A2992 METAR KMDJ 071755Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2997 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 071755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW025 34/26 A2993 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...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF TERREBONNE PARISH AND NEAR MAIN PASS AND EAST PASS AND UP TO 20 MILES OFFSHORE. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS MAINLY 20 TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE FROM POINT AU FER ISLAND TO SOUTHWEST PASS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.20 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.15 FT AT 1800 CDT. GISL1 1.07 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.01 FT AT 1900 CDT. PTFL1 1.07 FT AT 1250 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.06 FT AT 1900 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/11/2010 WED 12:39PM LDT 1.0 H 09:53PM LDT 0.4 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........56 56 56 56 56 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 89 89 89 89 RH..............69 66 64 62 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 101 101 100 101 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........56 52 52 52 41 41 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 86 86 86 86 RH..............63 68 72 76 76 76 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 98 99 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......SW 8 SW 9 SW 8 SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............0 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........41 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............86 86 82 89 89 89 RH..............74 74 81 68 68 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 96 102 102 102 20 FT WIND......SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5 S 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...DESTRI REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100807.PORTF.10/LIX