FNUS74 KLIX 121106 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 606 AM CDT TUE MAR 12 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY THEN MOVE EAST FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........65 65 65 65 65 65 65 37 37 37 37 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 49 52 55 57 59 61 61 62 62 62 62 RH..............69 72 65 58 52 48 45 44 43 42 42 43 DEWPOINT........40 40 40 40 40 40 39 39 39 39 39 40 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.7 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE N N N NNW NNW TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 13 14 14 14 10 10 10 9 9 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION......11 11 11 11 19 43 43 35 35 35 33 33 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......RO CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........37 2 2 2 2 2 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 58 54 52 51 51 RH..............44 55 66 74 75 72 DEWPOINT........40 42 43 44 44 42 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 6 N 6 N 6 N 7 N 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 3200 1500 1500 600 500 MIX HGT (M).....1130 980 460 460 180 150 TRANSPORT WIND..NNW 9 N 13 N 8 N 8 N 9 N 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNW 4 N 6 N 4 N 4 N 4 N 5 DISPERSION......33 42 15 5 6 10 LVORI...........1 1 3 3 3 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH RO .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 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............50 53 60 62 63 64 RH..............72 62 45 39 35 32 DEWPOINT........41 40 39 37 35 34 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 10 NNE 10 N 9 N 8 N 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 2200 2200 3300 3500 MIX HGT (M).....150 150 670 670 1010 1070 TRANSPORT WIND..N 12 NNE 12 NNE 18 NNE 18 N 15 NNW 17 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 5 NNE 5 NNE 8 NNE 8 N 7 NNW 8 DISPERSION......10 10 25 37 50 60 LVORI...........3 3 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/DESTRI REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130312.PORTS.01/LIX