FNUS74 KLIX 201903 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 203 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... AT 1400 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 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 97F HOUMA /HUM/...103F GULFPORT /GPT/...108F SLIDELL /ASD/...100F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...103F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/...100F .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 201851Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T03170261 TSNO METAR KGAO 201840Z AUTO 24012G23KT 5SM +TSRA SCT013 SCT023 BKN028 30/25 A2997 RMK AO2 P0003 LTG DSNT N NE AND SW METAR KHUM 201850Z 24005KT 7SM SCT020 BKN040 31/26 A2995 METAR KMDJ 201855Z AUTO 23006G13KT 10SM FEW025 31/25 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 1400 CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAIN NEAR THE COAST AND WILL LIKELY BE THE CASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LGTNG...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.86 FT AT 1332 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.30 FT AT 1800 CDT. GISL1 0.95 FT AT 1323 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.26 FT AT 1900 CDT. PTFL1 0.93 FT AT 1325 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 .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........66 66 66 66 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 89 89 RH..............69 69 71 72 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 105 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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 83 81 RH..............72 76 79 80 84 88 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 100 98 98 95 90 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............80 81 86 89 90 90 RH..............91 87 76 70 67 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 90 100 107 109 107 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.11/LIX