FNUS74 KLIX 151501 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1001 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1000 CDT...A WEAK 1014MB LOW LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING. A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE GENERAL AREA OF THE LOW BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1000 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...108F HOUMA /HUM/...105F GULFPORT /GPT/...106F SLIDELL /ASD/...103F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...100F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 97F WEST DELTA /DLP/...MISG .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADIVSORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 151453Z AUTO 29014KT 10SM CLR 31/27 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP153 T03110272 51012 TSNO METAR KASD 151453Z AUTO 29007G15KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP155 T03110261 51012 METAR KBVE 151451Z AUTO 30009KT 10SM FEW025 29/27 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 60000 T02940272 51010 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1000 CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THEN EAST SOUTHEAST OUT 60 MILES. OTHERS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE NEAREST LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO THE OPERATIONS AREA WAS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF HOPEDALE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.97 FT AT 0930 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.69 AT 1300 CDT. GRPL1 0.81 FT AT 0920 CDT FALLING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/15/2010 SUN 02:56AM LDT 1.3 H 02:48PM LDT 0.1 L 08/16/2010 MON 03:46AM LDT 1.5 H 03:58PM LDT 0.0 L 08/17/2010 TUE 04:44AM LDT 1.6 H 04:56PM LDT -0.1 L 08/18/2010 WED 05:49AM LDT 1.6 H 05:49PM LDT -0.1 L 08/19/2010 THU 06:55AM LDT 1.6 H 06:36PM LDT -0.1 L .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 89 90 90 90 89 89 89 RH..............73 70 66 65 66 66 66 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 102 103 103 103 102 102 102 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........79 63 63 63 56 56 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 85 84 83 83 RH..............67 69 77 79 81 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 100 99 97 97 96 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 6 W 6 W 8 W 9 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC CH CH .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........56 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 84 87 88 89 89 RH..............86 81 74 70 68 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 96 102 106 108 105 20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 9 NW 7 NW 6 N 6 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC SM SM $$ FORECASTER...SHIELDS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100815.HOPED.07/LIX