FNUS74 KLIX 152011 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 311 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 1500 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 1500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 96F HOUMA /HUM/...101F GULFPORT /GPT/... 97F SLIDELL /ASD/...113F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 93F 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. 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 151953Z 26008KT 10SM FEW085 33/26 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP129 T03280261 METAR KASD 151953Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW033 35/26 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND S SLP126 T03500261 METAR KBVE 151951Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02830256 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1500 CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 TO 60 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WESTERN END OF MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND THE NORTHERN END OF CHANDELEUR SOUND. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE NEAREST LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO THE OPERATIONS AREA WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOPEDALE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.73 FT AT 1424 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.91 AT 0200 CDT ON 8/16. GRPL1 0.31 FT AT 1420 CDT RISING. 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............91 91 91 RH..............66 62 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..106 106 106 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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)..106 105 102 100 100 97 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)..96 97 102 107 107 110 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 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC SM SM $$ FORECASTER...SHIELDS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100815.HOPED.13/LIX