FNUS74 KLIX 230907 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 407 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 0400 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 0400 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/... 77F HOUMA /HUM/... 78F GULFPORT /GPT/... 80F SLIDELL /ASD/... 76F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 85F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 93F .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 ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 230851Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02670244 55012 TSNO METAR KGAO 230840Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2985 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 230840Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2984 RMK AO2 P0001 T02420242 METAR KMDJ 230855Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A2986 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 0400 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN OPERATIONS AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.16 FT AT 0330 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.70 FT AT 0900 CDT. GISL1 0.62 FT AT 0324 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.22 FT AT 1000 CDT. PTFL1 0.88 FT AT 0324 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.43 FT AT 1000 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOURCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 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 08/26/2010 THU 12:38PM LDT 0.8 H 07:32PM LDT 0.7 L 08/27/2010 FRI 01:31AM LDT 0.8 H 07:55AM LDT 0.7 L 02:13PM LDT 0.8 H 05:42PM LDT 0.7 L .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........43 43 43 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....NONE....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 81 82 82 83 83 84 86 89 89 89 89 89 88 RH..............90 87 84 84 83 84 82 77 73 72 72 70 68 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..87 88 94 94 94 95 98 102 106 108 108 106 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 9 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 43 43 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............88 87 85 85 85 85 RH..............70 76 77 76 76 76 HEAT INDEX (F)..102 102 97 94 94 94 20 FT WIND......E 4 E 4 E 3 E 3 E 3 E 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM SM SM .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........43 50 50 50 60 60 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............85 85 84 88 89 89 RH..............76 76 77 67 66 68 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 96 102 103 103 20 FT WIND......NE 4 NE 4 E 4 E 4 E 4 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM LC LC .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .THURSDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...WAGNER REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100823.PORTF.01/LIX