FNUS74 KLIX 151801 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 101 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 1300 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 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...108F HOUMA /HUM/... 88F GULFPORT /GPT/...112F SLIDELL /ASD/...111F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 89F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/...100F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 151751Z AUTO 21009G18KT 10SM FEW023 BKN040 BKN048 27/26 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 60000 T02720261 10306 20267 58007 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 151700Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM RA SCT007 SCT027 SCT034 32/27 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E METAR KHUM 151750Z 21010G17 3SM SCT014 BKN030 OVC055 26/26 A3000 RMK TSRA METAR KMDJ 151735Z AUTO VRB03G10KT 2 1/2SM HZ SCT003 SCT032 BKN065 28/25 A3004 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 1300 CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 30 MILES OF EITHER SIDE OF THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE OPERATIONS AREA ALONG MUCH OF THE LENGTH OF THE COAST...INCLUDING THE GRAND ISLE AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.77 FT AT 1230 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.69 AT 1300 CDT. GISL1 0.55 AT 1730 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.33 AT 1400 CDT. PTFL1 0.65 FT AT 1730 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........76 76 76 76 76 76 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 88 88 88 88 88 RH..............67 66 66 66 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 100 100 99 99 99 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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 50 50 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD 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 30 30 30 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 (%).........50 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY 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.10/LIX