FNUS74 KLIX 181713 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1213 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1200 CDT...1013MB LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND A 1018MB HIGH OVER EASTERN GLFMEX. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL PRODUCE A SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...MISG GULFPORT /GPT/...108F SLIDELL /ASD/... 91F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...102F 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. .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 181651Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM FEW023 31/26 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T03110256 TSNO METAR KGAO 181700Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM SCT020 32/26 A3000 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 181550Z 24008KT 7SM SCT100 A3000 METAR KMDJ 181655Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3002 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...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 1.00 FT AT 1154 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.35 AT 1600 CDT GISL1 1.01 FT AT 1148 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.27 AT 1700 CDT PTFL1 0.86 FT AT 1158 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........83 70 70 70 70 70 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............87 87 87 87 87 87 RH..............67 68 68 69 69 69 HEAT INDEX (F)..99 99 99 98 98 98 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......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 SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD 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.....SCTTRD LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM 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. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. 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.09/LIX