FNUS74 KLIX 151600 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1100 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 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...108F HOUMA /HUM/...110F GULFPORT /GPT/...110F SLIDELL /ASD/...104F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...104F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 151551Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM FEW018 31/27 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T03060272 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 151540Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM SCT024 SCT028 SCT039 32/27 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE METAR KHUM 151550Z 30008KT 7SM SCT020 BKN060 34/26 A3000 METAR KMDJ 151535Z AUTO VRB05G15KT 2 1/2SM HZ FEW070 FEW100 31/26 A3002 RMK A01 VIS 2V5 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 1100 CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG THE COASTLINE AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...EXTENDING OUT 20 MILES FROM THE COAST...FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WEST TO THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE NEAREST LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO THE OPERATIONS EXTENDED ALONG MUCH OF THE COASTLINE FROM BARATARIA BAY TO POINT AU FER ISLAND. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.86 FT AT 1030 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.69 AT 1300 CDT. GISL1 0.72 AT 1030 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.33 AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 0.72 FT AT 1030 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 .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 RH..............72 70 67 66 66 66 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 100 100 100 100 99 99 99 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 (%).........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.08/LIX