FNUS74 KLIX 231301 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 801 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 0800 CDT...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED OFFSHORE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED OVER LAND. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 0800 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 77F HOUMA /HUM/... 77F GULFPORT /GPT/... 79F SLIDELL /ASD/... 75F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 92F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/...103F .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS...MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A GULFPORT TO BATON ROUGE LINE. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENERAL NON-SVR TSTMS. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KNEW - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT ASOS ...KASD - SLIDELL LA ASOS METAR KNEW 231253Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02780228 TSNO METAR KASD 231253Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02390228 METAR KBVE 231251Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02890239 TSNO *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 0800 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN THE OPERATIONS AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.55 FT AT 0738 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.62 FT AT 0900 CDT. GRPL1 1.29 FT AT 0718 CDT RISING. CHANDELEUR LIGHT HOUSE (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 08/23/2010 MON 10:32AM LDT 1.4 H 08:36PM LDT 0.3 L 08/24/2010 TUE 11:14AM LDT 1.3 H 08:41PM LDT 0.5 L 08/25/2010 WED 11:56AM LDT 1.1 H 08:26PM LDT 0.6 L 08/26/2010 THU 02:40AM LDT 0.8 H 05:03AM LDT 0.7 L 12:39PM LDT 1.0 H 07:44PM LDT 0.7 L 08/27/2010 FRI 01:32AM LDT 0.9 H 07:42AM LDT 0.7 L 01:37PM LDT 0.9 H 06:33PM LDT 0.8 L .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 49 45 42 38 35 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............82 84 86 88 89 90 90 90 89 89 RH..............88 82 76 72 70 68 66 64 65 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..93 97 100 103 105 106 105 103 102 103 20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE E E E E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........31 30 30 30 83 83 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 86 83 82 81 80 RH..............71 78 83 82 85 85 HEAT INDEX (F)..103 101 97 93 89 85 20 FT WIND......SE 4 S 3 SW 3 W 4 NW 4 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM LC LC .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........83 50 50 50 60 60 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 82 87 89 90 89 RH..............85 79 65 59 58 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..85 90 98 100 101 101 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 5 NE 5 NE 5 E 5 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100823.HOPED.04/LIX