FNUS74 KLIX 231904 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 204 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 1400 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 1400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...105F HOUMA /HUM/...101F GULFPORT /GPT/...109F SLIDELL /ASD/...105F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...102F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 86F .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 231853Z 29005KT 10SM FEW030 31/24 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP108 T03060244 METAR KASD 231853Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM FEW035 33/25 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP108 T03330250 METAR KBVE 231851Z AUTO VRB04KT CLR 32/25 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP115 T03170250 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1400 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN THE OPERATIONS AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.27 FT AT 1238 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.66 FT AT 1900 CDT. GRPL1 1.17 FT AT 1319 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) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........17 17 17 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............90 90 89 89 RH..............66 65 67 71 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 103 103 103 20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 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 (%).........17 17 12 12 10 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............88 85 82 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 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 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 (%).........13 14 24 24 29 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 81 86 90 91 90 RH..............85 79 65 59 58 60 HEAT INDEX (F)..85 90 98 100 101 101 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 5 N 6 NE 5 E 5 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 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.09/LIX