FNUS74 KLIX 181613 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1113 AM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1100 CDT...1013MB TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF GULF OF MEXICO. 1018MB HIGH OVER EASTERN GLFMEX. 5MB GRADIENT ACROSS GLFMEX. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1100 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 97F HOUMA /HUM/...MISG GULFPORT /GPT/...104F SLIDELL /ASD/...102F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F 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. .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 181551Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T03110261 TSNO METAR KGAO 181600Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3001 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 181550Z 24008KT 7SM SCT100 A3000 METAR KMDJ 181555Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM FEW022 FEW065 31/26 A3004 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...ISOLD SHWRS WERE ALONG COAST FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO SOUTHWEST PASS...EXTENDING OUT TO 80NM OFFSHORE. THESE SHWRS ARE MOVING NNE AT 13 KNOTS. LIGHTNING WAS NOT DETECTED. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.19 FT AT 1100 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.35 AT 1600 CDT GISL1 1.18 FT AT 1050 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.27 AT 1700 CDT PTFL1 1.18 FT AT 1045 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.26 AT 1700 CDT CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/22/2010 SUN 09:35AM LDT 1.3 H 08:18PM LDT 0.2 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........83 83 70 70 70 70 70 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............87 87 87 87 87 87 87 RH..............66 67 68 68 69 69 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 99 99 99 98 98 98 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........70 75 75 75 81 81 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............87 86 84 84 84 84 RH..............69 72 76 76 75 76 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 94 93 94 94 96 20 FT WIND......SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 SW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH LC CH CH CH CH .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........81 85 85 85 80 80 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............84 86 88 87 86 86 RH..............75 71 67 68 70 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 96 100 98 96 96 20 FT WIND......SW 9 SW 9 SW 8 SW 7 W 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .SUNDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 80. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZEIGLER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100818.PORTF.08/LIX