FNUS74 KLIX 171720 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1220 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...1011MB LOW NR 30.5N AND 90.2W...1017MB HIGH OVER EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. 6MB GRADIENT ACROSS GULF. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 91F HOUMA /HUM/... 96F GULFPORT /GPT/...100F SLIDELL /ASD/... 92F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 96F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 97F 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 COASTAL WATERS EAST OF THE RIVER FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND HIGH SEAS OF UP TO 7 FEET. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTS. .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 SPECI KBVE 171701Z AUTO 24017G21KT 10SM SCT027 29/26 A2992 RMK AO2 RAE1656 P0000 TSNO METAR KGAO 171700Z AUTO 21010G15KT 10SM SCT060 28/25 A2990 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 171650Z 20005KT 5SM BR BKN006 27/27 A2989 METAR KMDJ 171655Z AUTO 28011KT 1/4SM FG BKN003 BKN031 OVC037 28/26 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 1200 CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN BETWEEN SOUTHWEST PASS AND GRAND ISLE AND ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF RAIN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TERREBONNE BAY 5 TO 60NM OUT FROM SHORE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE POSSIBLE 60NM SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.01 FT AT 1206 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.31 AT 1500 CDT GISL1 0.71 FT AT 1200 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.24 AT 1600 CDT PTFL1 0.82 FT AT 1206 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.23 AT 1600 CDT CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/17/2010 TUE 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 08/21/2010 SAT 08:47AM LDT 1.3 H 07:48PM LDT 0.1 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........95 95 95 95 95 95 WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............86 86 86 86 85 85 RH..............73 73 71 76 76 73 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 96 96 94 96 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 11 11 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 SEAS............4 4 4 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO .TONIGHT... 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....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............85 86 85 85 85 85 RH..............73 71 75 75 75 75 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 94 97 97 97 20 FT WIND......SW 12 SW 12 SW 12 S 12 S 12 S 11 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............4 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......VRO VRO RO RO RO RO .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........92 83 83 83 83 83 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 85 88 86 86 87 RH..............80 75 68 69 70 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 96 99 96 96 99 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 9 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......RO CH CH CH CH CH .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100817.PORTF.09/LIX