FNUS74 KLIX 152313 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 613 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 1800 CDT...A WEAK 1011MB 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. 1015MB HIGH OVER SOUTHEAST GULF...4MB GRADIENT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 97F HOUMA /HUM/...102F GULFPORT /GPT/... 83F SLIDELL /ASD/...106F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 90F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/...103F 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 ADVISORY 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. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .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 152251Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02780250 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 152300Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E METAR KHUM 152250Z 22006KT 7SM SKC 30/27 A2989 METAR KMDJ 152255Z AUTO 28010KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2991 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 1800 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS 20NM S OF GRAND ISLE MOVING S AT 10 KNTS. NO LIGHTNING DETECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.01 FT AT 1748 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.91 AT 0200 CDT. GISL1 0.65 FT AT 1748 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.68 AT 0245 CDT. PTFL1 0.81 FT AT 1748 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.90 0300 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........76 55 55 55 55 55 55 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 88 88 86 86 86 86 87 86 85 85 85 RH..............65 71 72 77 75 76 76 75 77 78 78 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 105 103 101 101 101 100 101 100 99 98 99 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC CH CH CH CH CH CH LC LC LC 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 .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........80 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............90 88 86 85 85 84 RH..............64 69 74 75 75 76 HEAT INDEX (F)..107 102 98 96 94 94 20 FT WIND......NW 7 NW 10 NW 13 NW 14 NW 17 NW 19 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 35 40 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC CH CH CH CH CH $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100815.PORTF.15/LIX