FNUS74 KLIX 091912 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 212 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TUESDAY... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 CDT...1018MB HIGH CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GLFMEX...1012MB LOW OVER FLORIDA. 6 MB GRADIENT ACROSS GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/... 98F GULFPORT /GPT/...109F SLIDELL /ASD/... 85F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 80F WEST DELTA /DLP/... 83F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TODAY... HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS MAY SEE RELIEF FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .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 SPECI KBVE 091903Z AUTO 22006KT SCT021 SCT110 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 RAE1859 P0001 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 091900Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM VCTS CLR 32/26 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQS METAR KHUM 091850Z 35004KT 7SM SCT060 35/23 A2996 METAR KMDJ 091855Z AUTO 12005KT 1 3/4SM BR SCT003 SCT027 BKN034 26/24 A3001 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 091835Z AUTO 11004KT 4SM HZ FEW007 SCT050 BKN070 26/23 A2999 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...BAND OF TSTMS FROM NEW ORLEANS TO GRAND ISLE MOVING WEST AT 10 KTS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS MOVING INTO GRAND ISLE AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS ALONG SHORELINE OF TERREBONNE PARISH MOVING SOUTH AT 5 KTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.41 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.38 FT AT 2000 CDT. GISL1 1.29 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.23 FT AT 2100 CDT. PTFL1 1.28 FT AT 1336 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.21 FT AT 2100 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/12/2010 THU 02:18PM LDT 0.8 H 09:06PM LDT 0.6 L 08/13/2010 FRI 02:25AM LDT 0.7 H 10:04AM LDT 0.5 L .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........70 70 70 70 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 88 88 89 RH..............70 68 67 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 99 100 100 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........70 47 47 47 31 31 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 86 84 83 82 81 RH..............63 69 76 76 79 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 96 94 92 90 87 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 6 E 6 NE 6 NE 6 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC SM LC .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........31 51 51 51 58 58 WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 82 87 90 91 91 RH..............94 89 72 64 61 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..89 91 100 105 105 103 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 6 NE 6 NE 6 E 6 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 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 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. NORTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...WAGNER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100809.PORTF.11/LIX