FNUS74 KLIX 082225 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 425 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY WILL MOVE EAST ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY. .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........54 56 59 61 68 81 87 86 84 83 84 85 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............61 60 59 58 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 58 RH..............65 67 72 75 77 77 80 80 83 83 83 80 DEWPOINT........49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 52 52 52 52 20 FT WIND DIR..ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 10 10 10 17 17 17 23 23 23 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 DISPERSION......14 14 14 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 LVORI...........2 3 3 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.......LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC CH CH CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........86 90 93 100 94 92 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 62 65 68 69 68 RH..............83 78 73 68 68 70 DEWPOINT........53 55 56 57 58 58 20 FT WIND......ESE 6 ESE 7 ESE 9 SE 10 SE 11 ESE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 20 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....2100 2100 2600 2800 2800 2800 MIX HGT (M).....640 640 790 850 850 850 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 20 SE 20 SE 18 SE 18 SE 18 SSE 21 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 9 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 SSE 9 DISPERSION......12 12 13 33 33 33 LVORI...........4 4 3 2 2 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .SATURDAY NIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........91 90 92 100 100 97 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 65 65 65 65 65 RH..............78 84 84 87 87 87 DEWPOINT........59 60 60 61 61 61 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 9 SE 7 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 2700 2800 2700 2700 2700 MIX HGT (M).....820 820 850 820 820 820 TRANSPORT WIND..SSE 26 SSE 26 SSE 32 SSE 32 SSE 32 SSE 33 TRAN WIND (M/S).SSE 12 SSE 12 SSE 14 SSE 14 SSE 14 SSE 15 DISPERSION......29 29 38 24 24 23 LVORI...........3 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 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 20130308.PORTS.02/LIX