FNUS74 KLIX 081138 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 538 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A PERSISTENT EAST WIND OF 5 TO 10 KNOTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. THERE IS NO CHANCE OF RAIN...BUT CLOUD COVER WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. COOL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MORNING...BUT A QUICK WARMUP INTO THE LOWER 60S IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH WARMER TONIGHT...WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE LOWER 50S. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........10 10 10 12 17 21 26 31 35 38 38 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 49 53 56 58 61 63 63 64 64 63 62 RH..............86 80 71 66 62 56 52 52 50 52 54 56 DEWPOINT........43 43 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 46 46 46 20 FT WIND DIR..ENE ENE ENE ENE E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION......5 5 5 7 7 23 30 30 30 23 23 23 LVORI...........5 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........36 36 36 52 52 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 57 54 53 53 54 RH..............62 72 83 89 93 90 DEWPOINT........47 48 49 50 51 51 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 6 E 6 ESE 7 ESE 7 ESE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 1600 900 700 700 700 MIX HGT (M).....490 490 270 210 210 210 TRANSPORT WIND..E 7 E 7 E 7 ESE 8 ESE 8 ESE 9 TRAN WIND (M/S).E 3 E 3 E 3 ESE 4 ESE 4 ESE 4 DISPERSION......14 14 7 7 7 8 LVORI...........2 3 4 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........52 52 52 64 64 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 58 64 70 70 70 RH..............93 86 75 63 63 66 DEWPOINT........52 54 56 57 57 58 20 FT WIND......ESE 9 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....800 800 1900 2600 2600 2300 MIX HGT (M).....240 240 580 790 790 700 TRANSPORT WIND..ESE 14 ESE 14 SE 12 SSE 15 SSE 15 SSE 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).ESE 6 ESE 6 SE 5 SSE 7 SSE 7 SSE 7 DISPERSION......12 12 13 33 33 33 LVORI...........5 4 3 1 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......CH CH 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...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130308.PORTS.01/LIX