FNUS74 KLIX 162110 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 410 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 1600 CDT...WEAK TWO LOW SYSTEM 1011MB...ONE NEAR 30.2N AND 88.7W AND ANOTHER 29.9N AND 87.1N...1015MB HIGH OVER NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. 4MB GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...106F GULFPORT /GPT/...105F SLIDELL /ASD/...106F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...MISG INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 83F 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 162053Z 30003KT 10SM FEW050 33/25 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP099 T03280250 56025 METAR KASD 162053Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 34/24 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP100 T03390244 56026 METAR KBVE 162051Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/26 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// T03000256 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1600 CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 30 KNOTS...OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF CHANDELEUR SOUND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS. THIS CLUSTER WAS ABOUT 35NM NORTHEAST OF HOPEDALE AND MAY REACH HOPEDALE AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.72 FT AT 1554 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 2.11 AT 0300 CDT TUES. GRPL1 0.87 FT AT 1520 CDT FALLING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/16/2010 MON 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........86 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....NUM WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............88 88 88 87 86 85 85 84 84 84 84 84 84 RH..............68 70 72 74 76 77 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 102 100 100 99 99 97 97 97 97 96 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 12 14 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 25 30 30 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 SEA STATE.......CH RO RO RO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO 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............84 84 83 88 88 88 RH..............78 77 78 69 68 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 96 100 100 100 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 .TUESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........95 87 87 87 87 87 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............87 87 85 84 84 83 RH..............69 70 73 76 77 80 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 98 96 96 94 94 20 FT WIND......S 15 S 14 S 14 S 13 S 12 S 11 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 25 25 20 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............7 5 5 5 4 4 SEA STATE.......VRO RO RO RO RO CH .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100816.HOPED.12/LIX