FNUS74 KLIX 051131 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 531 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE AREA MODERATES WHILE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........62 62 62 62 62 62 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............59 60 62 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 71 71 70 RH..............90 90 90 87 84 84 81 78 76 71 66 63 61 DEWPOINT........56 57 58 59 60 61 61 61 61 60 59 58 56 20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SW SW SW WSW WSW WSW W W WNW NW NNW 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 35 35 35 35 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 22 22 21 21 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 TRANS SPD (M/S).10 10 10 10 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 DISPERSION......29 29 29 29 28 41 52 52 52 52 46 46 46 LVORI...........4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO VRO VRO VRO VRO RO RO RO RO RO RO .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........16 16 16 16 16 16 8 8 8 8 8 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............68 65 63 62 61 60 59 57 58 53 50 49 RH..............61 63 65 62 60 58 57 57 53 59 63 63 DEWPOINT........54 52 51 49 47 45 44 42 41 39 38 37 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 30 30 30 35 35 35 35 30 30 30 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 18 25 25 25 23 23 23 22 22 22 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 DISPERSION......35 35 35 53 53 53 31 31 31 29 29 29 LVORI...........1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO VRO RO RO RO .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........2 2 2 2 2 2 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 49 52 55 56 57 RH..............65 58 54 49 49 51 DEWPOINT........36 35 36 36 37 39 20 FT WIND......N 14 N 13 NNW 11 NNW 10 NNW 10 NNW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 2200 2900 3000 3000 3200 MIX HGT (M).....670 670 880 910 910 980 TRANSPORT WIND..N 22 N 22 N 22 NNW 14 NNW 14 NW 14 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 10 N 10 N 10 NNW 6 NNW 6 NW 6 DISPERSION......29 29 29 33 33 34 LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO RO CH CH CH 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 20130305.PORTS.01/LIX