FNUS74 KLIX 161304 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 804 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...WEAK 1011MB LOW SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...1013MB HIGH OVER NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. 2MB GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 83F HOUMA /HUM/... 78F GULFPORT /GPT/... 80F SLIDELL /ASD/... 75F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 95F 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 THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS 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 ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 161253Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02830239 TSNO METAR KASD 161253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02560233 METAR KBVE 161251Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM SCT015 BKN019 28/26 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02780256 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 0800 CDT...A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 28.2N AND 89.1W TO 29.5N AND 86.8W...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 7 KNOTS. OTHERWISE...NO RADAR ECHOES DETECTED IN MISSISIPPI OR LOUISIANA SOUNDS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.34 FT AT 0748 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.39 AT 1400 CDT. GRPL1 1.60 FT AT 0720 CDT FALLING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/16/2010 MON 03:46AM LDT 1.5 H 03:58PM LDT 0.0 L 08/17/2010 TUE 04:44AM LDT 1.6 H 04:56PM LDT -0.1 L 08/18/2010 WED 05:49AM LDT 1.6 H 05:49PM LDT -0.1 L 08/19/2010 THU 06:55AM LDT 1.6 H 06:36PM LDT -0.1 L 08/20/2010 FRI 07:59AM LDT 1.6 H 07:17PM LDT 0.0 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 90 90 90 90 90 89 89 89 89 RH..............74 70 67 67 66 67 67 67 67 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 106 106 106 105 105 105 105 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........86 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 86 85 85 85 85 RH..............69 73 77 75 75 76 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 100 97 99 99 96 20 FT WIND......NE 10 NE 12 NE 14 NE 17 NE 18 E 17 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 30 35 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............3 6 6 6 7 7 SEA STATE.......CH RO VRO VRO VRO VRO .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 90 90 90 95 95 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 84 87 88 88 87 RH..............79 76 69 68 69 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 96 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......SE 16 SE 16 S 18 S 20 S 20 S 18 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 35 40 40 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............7 7 7 7 7 7 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100816.HOPED.05/LIX