FNUS74 KLIX 161221 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 721 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 0700 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 0600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 78F HOUMA /HUM/... 78F GULFPORT /GPT/... 80F SLIDELL /ASD/... 73F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 99F 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 161151Z AUTO 31004KT 9SM CLR 27/26 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 70002 T02670256 10267 20256 51002 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 161200Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM BKN055 BKN065 25/24 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W METAR KHUM 161150Z 00000KT 5SM BR SCT060 25/25 A2991 METAR KMDJ 161215Z AUTO 33014KT 10SM CLR 29/26 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 0700 CDT...A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 28.3N AND 88.9W TO 29.5N AND 86.8W...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 7 KNOTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.56 FT AT 0648 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.39 AT 1400 CDT. GISL1 1.45 FT AT 0648 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.25 AT 1500 CDT. PTFL1 1.54 FT AT 0648 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) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 90 91 91 91 91 91 90 89 89 89 RH..............80 74 67 65 64 64 65 66 67 67 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 106 107 107 107 106 106 106 105 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE N N NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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.04/LIX