FNUS74 KLIX 042245 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 445 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WILL BRING A STRONG BUT RELATIVELY DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING AND MODERATE WHILE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........66 66 66 66 66 66 68 68 68 68 68 68 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............65 64 64 64 63 63 63 62 62 62 61 61 RH..............78 81 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 DEWPOINT........58 58 59 59 59 58 58 58 57 57 56 56 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW TRANSP WIND SPD.30 30 30 30 30 30 35 35 35 35 35 35 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 13 13 13 13 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 DISPERSION......31 31 31 34 34 34 39 39 39 36 36 55 LVORI...........3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO RO CH CH CH CH CH CH .TUESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........75 75 75 70 70 70 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............61 63 66 68 70 69 RH..............84 84 81 78 71 70 DEWPOINT........56 58 60 61 60 58 20 FT WIND......SSW 12 SW 12 WSW 14 WSW 14 W 10 WNW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 2200 2300 3000 3000 2900 MIX HGT (M).....670 670 700 910 910 880 TRANSPORT WIND..SSW 35 SSW 35 SSW 35 WSW 36 WSW 36 WSW 36 TRAN WIND (M/S).SSW 16 SSW 16 SSW 16 WSW 16 WSW 16 WSW 16 DISPERSION......51 51 45 60 60 57 LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO CH .TUESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........39 39 39 8 8 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 60 59 55 57 51 RH..............63 67 53 51 45 54 DEWPOINT........54 49 43 39 37 36 20 FT WIND......NW 10 NNW 12 NNW 14 NNW 14 N 12 N 11 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 2300 1900 3100 3100 2800 MIX HGT (M).....700 700 580 940 940 850 TRANSPORT WIND..NNW 28 NNW 28 NNW 28 N 36 N 36 N 36 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNW 13 NNW 13 NNW 13 N 16 N 16 N 16 DISPERSION......23 23 21 32 32 32 LVORI...........3 3 2 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......CH CH RO 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 SM = SMOOTH $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130304.PORTS.02/LIX