FNUS74 KLIX 231701 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1201 PM 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 1200 CDT...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED OFFSHORE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED OVER LAND. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED IN THE MID TO UPPER MS VALLEY AND THE WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NRN GULF WILL LEAD TO LIGHT WINDS OUT OF THE N TO NNE. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1200 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 98F HOUMA /HUM/... 98F GULFPORT /GPT/...105F SLIDELL /ASD/...103F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 99F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 99F .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 231653Z 31003KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03000239 METAR KASD 231653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03170256 METAR KBVE 231651Z AUTO 36004KT CLR 31/24 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP124 T03110244 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1200 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN THE OPERATIONS AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.47 FT AT 1139 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.61 FT AT 1900 CDT. GRPL1 MISG. 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) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........48 49 49 49 48 45 WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 90 90 90 89 89 RH..............70 68 66 64 65 67 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 106 105 103 102 103 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........40 30 18 13 14 22 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 4 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 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM LC LC .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........42 14 5 5 55 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............0 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.08/LIX