FNUS74 KLIX 151903 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 203 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 CDT...A WEAK 1014MB LOW LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE GENERAL AREA OF THE LOW BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 88F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/...112F SLIDELL /ASD/...111F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 90F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 94F 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. ...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. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF REGION. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES INTO THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 151853Z 29008KT 10SM FEW035 33/27 A2995 RMK AO2 RAB11E21 SLP137 P0000 T03280267 METAR KASD 151853Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 34/26 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP137 T03390261 METAR KBVE 151851Z AUTO 26014G20KT 10SM SCT028 SCT035 28/25 A2998 RMK AO2 RAB37E47 SLP153 P0000 T02780250 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1400 CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 15 TO 60 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE NEAREST LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO THE OPERATIONS AREA WAS ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HOPEDALE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.75 FT AT 1830 CDT...NEAR LOW TIDE NOW. GRPL1 0.28 FT AT 1820 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) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........79 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 91 91 91 RH..............67 66 62 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..20 20 20 20 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 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 (%).........79 63 63 63 51 51 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............90 87 86 85 84 83 RH..............64 75 76 79 80 82 HEAT INDEX (F)..20 20 20 20 20 20 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 6 W 6 W 8 W 9 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 30 30 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 (%).........51 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............82 84 88 89 89 91 RH..............85 79 71 69 68 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..20 20 20 20 20 20 20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 9 NW 7 NW 6 N 6 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 10 10 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 70 70 70 70 70 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.12/LIX