FNUS74 KLIX 231803 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NOAA OCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 103 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 1300 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 1300 CDT... GALLIANO /GAO/...103F HOUMA /HUM/... 98F GULFPORT /GPT/...107F SLIDELL /ASD/...105F BOOTHVILLE /BVE/... 99F INDEPENDENCE /IPN/... 90F .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 231751Z AUTO 34004KT CLR 31/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T03110244 10311 20278 58008 TSNO $ METAR KGAO 231740Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A2989 RMK AO2 METAR KHUM 231650Z 36004KT 7SM SCT035 31/24 A2990 METAR KMDJ 231755Z AUTO 34008KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A2989 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 1300 CDT...NO LIGHTNING OR PRECIPITATION DETECTED IN OPERATIONS AREA. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 1.39 FT AT 1232 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.64 FT AT 1900 CDT. GISL1 1.16 FT AT 1230 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.48 FT AT 2000 CDT. PTFL1 1.28 FT AT 1230 CDT FALLING...LOW TIDE 0.62 FT AT 2100 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) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........47 47 47 47 48 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............89 89 89 89 88 RH..............72 72 70 70 70 HEAT INDEX (F)..108 108 106 105 103 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........48 39 68 39 30 31 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 3 E 3 E 3 E 3 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 SEAS............0 1 1 1 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC SM SM SM SM SM .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........45 27 12 12 55 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............0 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.09/LIX