FNUS74 KLIX 161931 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 231 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 1300 CDT...WEAK 1012MB SOUTH OF PENSACOLA NR 29.6N...1015MB HIGH OVER NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. 3MB GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...103F GULFPORT /GPT/...107F SLIDELL /ASD/...105F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...101F 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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 161751Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM 31/26 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 6//// T03060261 10306 20261 TSNO METAR KGAO 161920Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 33/25 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW METAR KHUM 161850Z 03004KT 7SM FEW034 35/23 A2989 METAR KMDJ 161655Z AUTO 36012KT 10SM FEW017 29/25 A2993 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 1300 CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR 28.3N AND 88.3W. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5NM SOUTHWEST OF TERREBONNE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.57 FT AT 1354 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.39 AT 1400 CDT. GISL1 0.45 FT AT 1354 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.25 AT 1500 CDT. PTFL1 0.43 FT AT 1354 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.23 AT 1500 CDT CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/16/2010 MON 03:31PM 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........M M M 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....M M M NUM WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....M M M TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............M M M 89 89 89 88 87 85 85 84 84 83 83 82 82 RH..............M M M 67 68 70 73 76 78 79 80 82 82 82 83 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..M M M 103 103 103 102 100 99 97 97 96 96 93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..M M M NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..M M M 7 8 10 11 13 14 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 20 FT WIND GUST.M M M 15 15 20 20 25 25 30 35 35 35 30 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).M M M 60 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............M M M 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......M M M LC CH CH CH RO RO RO 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............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 .TUESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........95 92 92 92 92 92 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 85 84 86 86 86 RH..............73 72 74 72 70 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 95 94 96 98 98 20 FT WIND......SW 17 SW 15 S 14 S 14 S 14 S 13 20 FT WIND GUST.35 30 30 30 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............6 6 6 6 4 4 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO RO RO RO RO .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100816.PORTF.11/LIX