FNUS74 KLIX 161711 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1211 PM 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 1200 CDT...WEAK 1012MB LOW SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...1015MB HIGH OVER NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. 2 TO 3MB GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...100F HOUMA /HUM/...103F GULFPORT /GPT/...100F SLIDELL /ASD/...106F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 97F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 78F 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 161653Z 36007KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03280244 METAR KASD 161653Z AUTO 02011KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03220239 METAR KBVE 161651Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM FEW014 29/26 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02940256 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1200 CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR 28.6N AND 88.2W. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 60NM SOUTH OF PILOT STATTION...70NM SOUTH OF GRAN ISLE AND 35NM SOUTH OF TERREBONNE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.76 FT AT 1154 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.39 AT 1400 CDT. GRPL1 1.18 FT AT 1020 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........86 86 86 86 86 86 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............90 90 89 89 89 89 RH..............66 67 67 67 67 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 105 105 105 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......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.09/LIX