FNUS74 KLIX 201304 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 804 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 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 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 87F HOUMA /HUM/... 77F GULFPORT /GPT/... 79F SLIDELL /ASD/... 76F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 88F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 97F .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 201251Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW075 29/26 A2996 RMK AO2 RAB1155E07 SLP143 P0002 T02890261 TSNO METAR KGAO 201240Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -DZ CLR 27/25 A2995 RMK AO2 P0004 LTG DSNT NE AND SE METAR KHUM 201150Z 30005KT 7SM SCT030 BKN080 25/25 A2996 METAR KMDJ 201255Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM FEW026 SCT041 BKN048 30/25 A2997 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 CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. A FEW WEAK WATERSPOUTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH A SOME OF THE DEVELOPING SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE ALONG THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING AND MORE SO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.94 FT AT 0729 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.31 FT AT 1800 CDT. GISL1 1.68 FT AT 0721 CDT STEADY...LOW TIDE 0.26 FT AT 1900 CDT. PTFL1 1.86 FT AT 0725 CDT FALLING...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) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........74 74 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 86 87 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 RH..............75 74 72 69 67 65 65 65 67 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 98 99 100 102 102 102 102 102 100 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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.05/LIX