FNUS74 KLIX 232019 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEDALE...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 319 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... AT 1500 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. THIS HOURLY SPOT WILL CEASE THIS POINT ON UNLESS IT ISREQUESTED ONCE AGAIN. .NEAR SHORE HEAT INDEX INFORMATION... AT 1500 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...101F HOUMA /HUM/...101F GULFPORT /GPT/...108F SLIDELL /ASD/...107F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/...100F 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 231953Z 29005KT 10SM FEW020 32/25 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP102 T03170250 METAR KASD 231953Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM VCTS FEW033 33/26 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N-E TSB51 SLP100 T03330256 METAR KBVE 231951Z AUTO 36003KT CLR 32/24 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111 T03170244 TSNO $ *************************************************************** VALID ALONG ERN LA COAST WITHIN BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS. REFERENCE DISTANCES ARE FROM HOPEDALE LA. *************************************************************** .RADAR... AT 1500 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN THE OPERATIONS AREA. A FEW STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MS COAST AND ALONG THE PEARL RIVER. THESE MAY MOVE SOUTH AND COULD BEGIN TO IMPACT OPERATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.05 FT AT 1455 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.66 FT AT 1900 CDT. GRPL1 1.58 FT AT 1420 CDT FALLING. 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) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........17 17 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............90 89 89 RH..............65 65 65 HEAT INDEX (F)..105 103 101 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 SEA STATE.......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..............63 67 75 79 83 83 HEAT INDEX (F)..98 93 92 90 89 87 20 FT WIND......SE 4 S 3 SW 4 W 4 NW 5 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 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..............84 79 66 56 51 50 HEAT INDEX (F)..84 88 97 99 99 97 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 6 N 6 NE 6 E 5 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 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.10/LIX