FNUS74 KLIX 032259 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 459 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...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 STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH TUESDAY. .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........7 7 7 7 7 7 12 12 12 12 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 45 44 43 42 42 42 43 43 43 44 44 RH..............51 58 65 70 76 76 79 79 82 86 86 93 DEWPOINT........30 31 33 34 35 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 20 FT WIND DIR..W W WSW SW SW S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 3.4 3.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W WSW WSW WSW SSW SSW SSW S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 DISPERSION......38 38 38 17 17 17 3 3 3 5 5 5 LVORI...........1 1 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM .MONDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........21 21 21 47 47 47 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 54 61 66 68 67 RH..............89 74 65 58 57 63 DEWPOINT........43 46 49 51 52 54 20 FT WIND......S 4 S 7 S 10 S 12 S 13 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 25 25 30 25 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 1600 2600 3200 3200 3100 MIX HGT (M).....490 490 790 980 980 940 TRANSPORT WIND..S 12 S 12 S 16 S 21 S 21 S 22 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 5 S 5 S 7 S 9 S 9 S 10 DISPERSION......5 8 22 51 51 53 LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC LC CH RO RO RO .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........59 59 59 68 68 68 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 60 61 62 63 61 RH..............78 87 84 84 84 90 DEWPOINT........55 56 56 57 58 58 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 10 SSW 11 SSW 12 SSW 11 SSW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 3200 3100 2600 2600 2400 MIX HGT (M).....980 980 940 790 790 730 TRANSPORT WIND..S 23 S 23 S 26 S 28 S 28 SSW 26 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 10 S 10 S 12 S 13 S 13 SSW 12 DISPERSION......57 57 64 37 37 36 LVORI...........3 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......CH CH RO RO RO CH .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 SM = SMOOTH $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130303.PORTS.02/LIX