FNUS74 KLIX 231004 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 504 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 0500 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/... 74F GULFPORT /GPT/... 78F SLIDELL /ASD/... 75F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 86F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 94F .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 230951Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02720233 TSNO METAR KGAO 231000Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S METAR KHUM 231000Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/24 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T02340235 METAR KMDJ 230955Z AUTO 04009KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A2987 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 091835Z AUTO 11004KT 4SM HZ FEW007 SCT050 BKN070 26/23 A2999 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 0500 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN OPERATIONS AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.35 FT AT 0430 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.70 FT AT 0900 CDT. GISL1 0.82 FT AT 0436 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.22 FT AT 1000 CDT. PTFL1 1.06 FT AT 0430 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 .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........43 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............83 82 83 83 84 86 89 89 89 89 89 89 88 RH..............84 84 84 84 84 82 77 73 72 72 70 70 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..94 94 94 95 98 102 106 108 108 108 106 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 9 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 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 SEA STATE.......LC CH 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 $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100823.PORTF.02/LIX