FNUS74 KLIX 211400 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 900 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0900 CDT...A 1016 MB RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER 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/... 99F HOUMA /HUM/... 89F GULFPORT /GPT/...103F SLIDELL /ASD/...100F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...102F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/...103F .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 211351Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T03110256 TSNO METAR KGAO 211340Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A3000 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 211250Z 00000KT 7SM SCT025 27/27 A2998 METAR KMDJ 211355Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW022 32/26 A3001 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 0800 CDT...THERE WERE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST WEST OF THE MS RIVER. ACTIVITY IS TRYING TO SLOWLY PICK UP AND STILL MAY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE SHOWERS AND STORMS BECOME MORE LAND BASED. CLOSEST LIGHTNING DETECTED WAS JUST OFF THE COASTS OF ST BEARNARD AND EAST CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES PARISHES. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.78 FT AT 0731 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE WITHIN THE HOUR. GISL1 1.46 FT AT 0729 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.53 FT AT 0800 CDT. PTFL1 1.68 FT AT 0731 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE WITHIN THE HOUR. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/25/2010 WED 11:43AM LDT 1.0 H 08:25PM LDT 0.6 L .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........45 45 45 45 52 52 52 52 52 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............85 86 88 89 90 90 90 90 89 RH..............74 72 69 66 64 64 64 65 66 HEAT INDEX (F)..96 98 99 102 103 103 103 102 102 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........52 51 51 51 52 52 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 85 84 83 83 RH..............67 71 77 82 84 86 HEAT INDEX (F)..100 99 98 97 95 93 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........52 56 56 56 61 61 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............83 83 86 91 92 91 RH..............86 84 77 65 63 64 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 95 100 105 106 105 20 FT WIND......W 8 NW 9 NW 10 NW 8 W 7 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 40 40 40 40 40 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100821.PORTF.05/LIX