FNUS74 KLIX 011115 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 515 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOWER RH/S EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THESE GENERALLY DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH SATURDAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN DRIER AIR. MOISTURE WILL TRY TO RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........47 47 47 47 47 47 28 28 28 28 28 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 48 51 54 54 55 55 55 56 56 55 55 RH..............65 60 56 50 48 47 45 45 43 43 45 45 DEWPOINT........35 35 36 36 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.3 1.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.4 0.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.NNW NNW NNW NW NW NW WNW WNW WNW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 13 13 13 20 20 20 23 23 23 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 DISPERSION......9 9 9 17 17 39 46 46 46 57 57 57 LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........50 50 50 49 49 49 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 50 48 47 45 43 RH..............48 56 60 60 62 67 DEWPOINT........34 35 35 34 33 33 20 FT WIND......NW 13 NW 13 NNW 12 NNW 11 NNW 10 NNW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (FT)....5700 5700 4100 2300 2300 3300 MIX HGT (M).....1740 1740 1250 700 700 1010 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 26 NW 26 NW 24 NW 23 NW 23 NNW 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 12 NW 12 NW 11 NW 10 NW 10 NNW 4 DISPERSION......72 72 64 25 25 19 LVORI...........1 1 1 2 2 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO CH CH CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........55 55 55 64 64 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............41 46 49 50 50 50 RH..............70 58 52 48 46 46 DEWPOINT........32 32 32 31 30 30 20 FT WIND......NW 8 NW 9 NW 10 NW 12 NW 13 NW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....4200 4200 4400 4900 4900 5100 MIX HGT (M).....1280 1280 1340 1490 1490 1550 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 17 NW 17 NW 13 NW 20 NW 20 NW 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 8 NW 8 NW 6 NW 9 NW 9 NW 8 DISPERSION......19 19 26 60 60 64 LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH RO RO RO .NOTICE...SEA STATE REPRESENTS THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN BARATARIA BAY AND ADJACENT AREAS. THIS IS GIVEN FOR VESSEL TRANSIT ACROSS ANY PORTION OF BARATARIA BAY WITH FULL FETCH. .LEGEND XR = EXTREMELY ROUGH VR = VERY ROUGH RO = ROUGH CH = CHOPPY LC = LIGHT CHOP $$ FORECASTER...EFFERSON REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130301.PORTS.01/LIX