FNUS74 KLIX 191339 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAND ISLE BARATARIA PASS...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 839 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN SLIDE INTO TEXAS ON TUESDAY AND REMAIN STALLED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE LOW WILL FINALLY PULL INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY...AND THEN MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST BY SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FINALLY BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY COASTAL FLOOD ISSUES. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........51 51 51 29 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 73 76 78 78 RH..............93 87 82 74 74 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 11 SE 12 SE 12 SE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....1200 1400 1600 1600 1900 MIX HGT (M).....370 430 490 490 580 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 25 SE 26 SE 28 SE 28 SE 28 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 11 SE 12 SE 13 SE 13 SE 13 DISPERSION......23 42 47 47 51 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............0 0 2 2 2 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........29 58 58 58 64 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 73 72 71 71 70 RH..............79 84 87 87 87 90 20 FT WIND......SE 11 SE 11 SE 11 SE 12 SE 12 SE 13 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 2100 2300 2300 2300 2100 MIX HGT (M).....580 640 700 700 700 640 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 28 SE 29 SE 30 SE 30 SE 32 SE 36 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 13 SE 13 SE 13 SE 13 SE 14 SE 16 DISPERSION......51 58 62 40 43 48 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............2 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO CH RO RO RO RO .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........64 55 55 55 58 58 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............69 70 72 74 76 78 RH..............93 90 84 82 76 71 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 16 SE 17 SE 17 SE 17 SE 17 20 FT WIND GUST.25 35 35 35 35 35 MIX HGT (FT)....2100 3000 4500 4500 5800 5400 MIX HGT (M).....640 910 1370 1370 1770 1650 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 36 SE 38 SE 39 SE 39 SE 39 SE 37 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 16 SE 17 SE 17 SE 17 SE 17 SE 17 DISPERSION......48 51 53 115 127 117 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 SEAS............0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO SEA STATE RO = ROUGH VRO = VERY ROUGH CH = CHOPPY TIDES BARATARIA PASS...GRAND ISLE TODAY HI 11 17 PM STAGE 1.0 TUESDAY LO 6 53 AM STAGE 0.8 HI 2 03 PM STAGE 0.9 LO 3 45 PM STAGE 0.9 HI 11 55 PM STAGE 1.1 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20120319.GRAND.01/LIX