FNUS74 KLIX 161622 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1122 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 1100 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 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/... 97F GULFPORT /GPT/...100F SLIDELL /ASD/... 98F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 161451Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02830250 50002 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 161600Z AUTO 36009KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2992 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 161650Z 36005KT 7SM SCT060 32/25 A2993 METAR KMDJ 161615Z AUTO 35012KT 9SM BKN018 29/25 A2994 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 1100 CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR 28.7N AND 88.1W AND ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 60NM SOUTH OF PILOT STATTION...70NM SOUTH OF GRAN ISLE AND 60NM SOUTH OF TERREBONNE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.86 FT AT 1054 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.39 AT 1400 CDT. GISL1 0.83 FT AT 1054 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.25 AT 1500 CDT. PTFL1 0.73 FT AT 1054 CDT FALLING...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) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........80 80 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............91 91 91 90 89 89 89 RH..............64 64 65 66 67 67 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..107 106 106 106 105 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE N N NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......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.08/LIX