FNUS74 KLIX 152010 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 310 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 151951Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02830256 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 152000Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM VCTS CLR 29/26 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E METAR KHUM 151950Z 23006KT 7SM SCT035 BKN060 29/28 A2997 METAR KMDJ 151955Z AUTO 28013KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2998 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 1500 CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 50 MILES OF EITHER SIDE OF THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THERE WAS LIGHTNING ACTIVITY IN THE GRAND ISLE AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.73 FT AT 1424 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.91 AT 0200 CDT ON 8/16. GISL1 0.40 AT 1448 CDT RISING. HIGH TIDE 1.68 AT 0245 CDT ON 8/16 PTFL1 0.51 FT AT 1448 CDT NEAR LOW TIDE NOW. 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........76 76 76 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 89 RH..............65 64 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..101 101 102 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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............89 88 86 86 86 85 RH..............65 72 75 76 77 78 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 103 101 100 100 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............85 85 86 89 90 91 RH..............79 80 75 70 65 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..97 98 100 103 107 107 20 FT WIND......NW 10 NW 10 W 10 W 11 NW 3 NW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 25 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...SHIELDS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100815.PORTF.12/LIX