FNUS74 KLIX 102137 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 437 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING LEADING TO A PERIOD OF HIGHER RAIN CHANCES. ONCE THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND REMAIN ROUGHLY STATIONARY THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........72 87 87 87 87 87 87 95 95 95 95 95 95 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............76 76 71 70 69 67 66 65 64 63 62 60 59 RH..............64 79 81 81 87 87 90 90 90 90 93 93 93 DEWPOINT........63 64 64 64 63 63 62 62 61 60 59 58 57 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE S S S SW WNW 20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 12 11 10 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 20 25 25 30 30 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S WSW WSW WSW TRANSP WIND SPD.23 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 30 30 TRANS SPD (M/S).10 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 DISPERSION......59 72 72 72 72 72 72 43 43 43 43 40 40 LVORI...........1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 40 40 40 40 40 40 70 70 70 70 70 70 SEA STATE.......RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO CH CH .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........95 97 97 97 85 85 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............58 59 62 62 63 63 RH..............93 83 67 62 56 52 DEWPOINT........56 54 51 49 47 45 20 FT WIND......WNW 14 NNW 14 NW 14 NW 13 NW 13 NW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 1900 2000 2000 2100 2300 MIX HGT (M).....670 580 610 610 640 700 TRANSPORT WIND..WSW 30 NW 26 NW 24 NW 24 NW 23 NNW 22 TRAN WIND (M/S).WSW 13 NW 12 NW 11 NW 11 NW 10 NNW 10 DISPERSION......40 30 32 47 46 45 LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 80 80 80 40 40 SEA STATE.......CH RO RO RO RO RO .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........85 10 10 10 3 3 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 59 55 52 49 46 RH..............52 55 61 69 74 83 DEWPOINT........44 43 42 42 41 41 20 FT WIND......NW 13 NW 12 NNW 12 NNW 12 NNW 13 N 12 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 3200 2400 2400 1700 1800 MIX HGT (M).....700 980 730 730 520 550 TRANSPORT WIND..NNW 22 NNW 21 NNW 22 NNW 22 N 23 N 23 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNW 10 NNW 9 NNW 10 NNW 10 N 10 N 10 DISPERSION......45 51 47 29 26 26 LVORI...........1 1 1 3 3 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO RO 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 20130310.PORTS.02/LIX