FNUS74 KLIX 201202 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 702 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0600 CDT...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INTO THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A PREVAILING SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0600 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 79F HOUMA /HUM/... 79F GULFPORT /GPT/... 79F SLIDELL /ASD/... 76F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 89F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 94F .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 201151Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM BKN020 BKN030 BKN075 27/26 A2995 RMK AO2 RAB1057E25 SLP140 P0023 60023 70023 T02720256 10289 20261 53012 TSNO METAR KGAO 201140Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM SCT018 SCT027 SCT040 26/25 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E METAR KHUM 201150Z 30005KT 7SM SCT030 BKN080 25/25 A2996 METAR KMDJ 201155Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM FEW023 BKN065 OVC080 30/26 A2995 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 0600 CDT...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING TO BE DETECTED ALONG MUCH OF THE COAST WEST OF MS RIVER...MOVING NE 10 KT. THIS ACTIVITY REMAINS LIGHT WITH NO LGTNG DETECTED AS OF YET BUT A FEW STRIKES WERE NOTED ALONG THE SHORE OF SOUTHEASTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH. A FEW WEAK WATERSPOUTS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH A SOME OF THE DEVELOPING SHOWERS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.94 FT AT 0629 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.31 FT AT 1800 CDT. GISL1 1.66 FT AT 0627 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.68 FT AT 0725 CDT. PTFL1 1.89 FT AT 0627 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.27 FT AT 1900 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/23/2010 MON 10:18AM LDT 1.2 H 08:37PM LDT 0.3 L 08/24/2010 TUE 10:59AM LDT 1.1 H 08:43PM LDT 0.5 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........74 74 74 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 85 86 87 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 RH..............77 75 74 72 69 67 65 65 65 67 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 96 98 99 100 102 102 102 102 102 100 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........66 49 49 49 51 51 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 86 85 85 84 83 RH..............68 71 74 73 78 79 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 98 96 95 94 93 20 FT WIND......SW 7 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 SW 8 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 2 2 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC CH CH CH LC .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........51 52 52 52 52 52 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 84 86 89 90 90 RH..............82 80 75 66 64 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 96 99 106 107 106 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............2 3 3 3 2 2 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100820.PORTF.04/LIX