FNUS74 KLIX 021153 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 553 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... REINFORCING COLD AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MODERATE AND MOVE EASTWARD MONDAY WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH TUESDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........37 37 37 37 37 37 53 53 53 53 53 53 61 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 42 44 47 48 49 50 51 52 52 51 50 49 RH..............70 70 67 60 53 51 48 46 44 43 44 46 48 DEWPOINT........32 32 32 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NNW NNW NNW NNW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 MIX HGT (KM)....1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NNW TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 17 17 17 20 20 20 23 23 23 24 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 DISPERSION......20 20 20 23 23 46 60 60 60 77 77 77 77 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH RO RO RO RO RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........61 61 61 13 13 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 46 43 41 39 37 RH..............48 55 62 67 67 72 DEWPOINT........30 31 31 30 29 29 20 FT WIND......NNW 14 NNW 14 NNW 14 N 14 N 14 N 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 30 35 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....4500 4500 2200 1400 1400 4000 MIX HGT (M).....1370 1370 670 430 430 1220 TRANSPORT WIND..NNW 24 NNW 24 NNW 25 N 25 N 25 N 24 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNW 11 NNW 11 NNW 11 N 11 N 11 N 11 DISPERSION......71 71 51 28 28 32 LVORI...........1 1 1 2 2 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO RO .SUNDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........7 7 7 7 7 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 41 45 50 53 53 RH..............75 62 51 41 36 39 DEWPOINT........29 28 28 27 27 29 20 FT WIND......N 13 N 11 NNW 9 NNW 7 NW 6 WNW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 4000 3200 3900 3900 3800 MIX HGT (M).....1220 1220 980 1190 1190 1160 TRANSPORT WIND..N 22 N 22 N 17 NNW 13 NNW 13 NW 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 10 N 10 N 8 NNW 6 NNW 6 NW 4 DISPERSION......29 29 23 46 46 47 LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO RO CH LC LC LC .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...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130302.PORTS.01/LIX