FNUS74 KLIX 151001 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 501 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...A WEAK 1013MB 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 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 92F HOUMA /HUM/... 90F GULFPORT /GPT/... 89F SLIDELL /ASD/... 86F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F 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 20 TO 25 KNOTS STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON. .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 150951Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR 29/27 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE05 SLP143 P0002 T02890267 TSNO METAR KGAO 150940Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2996 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 150940Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/27 A2995 RMK AO2 T02710272 METAR KMDJ 150955Z AUTO 23015KT 10SM FEW055 FEW075 SCT090 31/26 A2996 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 0500 CDT...RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE NEAREST LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO THE OPERATIONS AREA WAS LOCATED 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.72 FT AT 0424 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.69 AT 1300 CDT. GISL1 1.49 FT AT 0424 CDT NEARLY STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.33 AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 1.58 FT AT 0424 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.35 AT 1400 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/15/2010 SUN 02:49AM LDT 1.1 H 02:17PM LDT 0.2 L 08/16/2010 MON 03:39AM LDT 1.3 H 03:31PM LDT 0.1 L 08/17/2010 TUE 04:39AM LDT 1.3 H 04:35PM LDT 0.0 L 08/18/2010 WED 05:44AM LDT 1.4 H 05:33PM LDT 0.0 L 08/19/2010 THU 06:50AM LDT 1.4 H 06:25PM LDT 0.0 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........M 70 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 WEATHER COV.....M SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M 84 84 85 86 86 87 88 88 88 88 88 88 RH..............M 79 79 78 73 72 70 67 66 66 65 66 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..M 96 96 96 97 99 100 100 100 100 99 99 99 20 FT WIND DIR..M W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..M 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.M 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............M 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......M LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........76 55 55 55 55 55 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 86 86 85 84 RH..............68 70 74 76 78 80 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 99 99 99 98 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 6 W 7 W 7 W 8 W 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 30 30 SEAS............2 3 3 3 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC CH CH CH LC LC .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........55 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 85 87 88 89 89 RH..............83 79 72 69 66 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 97 102 102 103 103 20 FT WIND......NW 10 NW 10 W 10 W 11 NW 3 NW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...SHIELDS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100815.PORTF.02/LIX