FNUS74 KLIX 182301 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 601 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1730 CDT...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND MAINTAIN A SOUTHWEST FLOW. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1730 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/...100F GULFPORT /GPT/... 99F SLIDELL /ASD/... 96F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 94F 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 182251Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T03060256 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 182240Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2994 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 182250Z 18005KT 7SM SCT027 31/25 A2994 METAR KMDJ 182235Z AUTO 28020KT 10SM FEW017 SCT029 BKN041 29/25 A2998 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 1730 CDT...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 NM S OF GRAND ISLE TO 80 NM S OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY...MOVG N 10 KT. OCNL LGTNG THESE CELLS...MAINLY 15NM AND BEYOND THE SHORE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.43 FT AT 1606 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.35 AT 1600 CDT GISL1 0.27 FT AT 1605 CDT FALLING NR LOW TIDE. PTFL1 0.22 FT AT 1612 CDT FALLING NR LOW TIDE. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/18/2010 WED 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 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........70 75 75 75 75 75 75 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............87 87 86 85 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 RH..............74 75 77 79 81 81 80 80 79 79 78 78 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 100 100 98 96 95 96 97 96 96 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC CH CH CH CH 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 RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............84 84 85 86 87 88 RH..............78 79 75 72 70 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 97 99 100 102 20 FT WIND......SW 9 SW 9 SW 9 W 9 W 9 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 70 70 70 70 70 SEAS............3 3 3 3 3 3 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC .THURSDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........80 70 70 70 77 77 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 86 85 84 83 RH..............68 70 72 74 77 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 99 98 98 96 94 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 7 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............3 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100818.PORTF.14/LIX