FNUS74 KLIX 161005 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 505 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0500 CDT...WEAK 1011MB LOW OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA...1014MB HIGH OVER NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. 3MB GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 78F HOUMA /HUM/... 78F GULFPORT /GPT/... 79F SLIDELL /ASD/... 73F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 83F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/...100F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 160951Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02610250 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 160940Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW METAR KHUM 160940Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 25/25 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02500251 METAR KMDJ 160955Z AUTO 30014KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2989 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 0500 CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 28.9N AND 88.2W...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 13 KNOTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.86 FT AT 0436 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.39 AT 1400 CDT. GISL1 1.60 FT AT 0436 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.25 AT 1500 CDT. PTFL1 1.72 FT AT 0330 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.23 AT 1500 CDT CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/20/2010 FRI 07:52AM LDT 1.3 H 07:11PM LDT 0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....CHC SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 84 87 90 91 91 91 91 91 90 89 89 89 RH..............81 81 80 74 67 65 64 64 65 66 67 67 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 102 106 107 107 107 106 106 106 105 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..N NW N N N N NE NE NE N N NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC CH CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........80 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............89 88 85 84 83 82 RH..............67 70 76 79 82 82 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 102 99 97 96 93 20 FT WIND......NW 7 NW 10 NW 13 N 15 N 16 N 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 35 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............2 4 4 4 6 6 SEA STATE.......LC CH RO RO 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............82 85 86 84 82 83 RH..............80 75 70 76 79 77 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 96 96 94 90 92 20 FT WIND......N 14 N 15 W 17 SW 19 SW 20 SW 18 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 35 40 40 40 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 16 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100816.PORTF.02/LIX