FNUS74 KLIX 071922 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 222 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 CDT...1014-1015 MB HIGH PRESSURE AREA COVERED MOST OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...107F HOUMA /HUM/...103F GULFPORT /GPT/...108F SLIDELL /ASD/...106F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...102F WEST DELTA /DLP/...105F .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 071851Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP132 T03220244 TSNO METAR KGAO 071900Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM SCT043 SCT060 35/24 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E METAR KHUM 071850Z 33005KT 7SM SCT035 SCT060 34/23 A2991 METAR KMDJ 071915Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2994 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 071915Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 34/25 A2991 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 1400 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED FROM JUST SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY TO NEAR TIMBALIER ISLAND...AND NEAR EMPIRE AND BOOTHVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MPH. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.92 FT AT 1355 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.15 FT AT 1800 CDT. GISL1 0.82 FT AT 1355 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE -0.01 FT AT 1900 CDT. PTFL1 0.77 FT AT 1355 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) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........57 57 57 57 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 89 89 RH..............66 64 62 62 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 101 100 101 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 SEAS............0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........57 32 32 32 34 34 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..............66 68 71 72 72 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 98 99 99 99 99 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 (%).........34 39 39 39 50 50 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............86 86 82 89 89 89 RH..............73 73 81 66 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 96 100 102 102 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 20 20 20 20 20 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.11/LIX