Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS New Orleans, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
336 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2015

.DISCUSSION...OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED
ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK LOW IS LOCATED
SOUTH OF MONKEY ISLAND/HOLLY BEACH AREA WITH A WARM FRONT PENDANT
AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SOME LOW LEVEL ENHANCEMENT
OF WIND SHEAR ALONG/SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY AS WELL AS INCREASE
BOUYANCY HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR A FEW
WATERSPOUTS OFFSHORE. TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE
NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT BUT FAIRLY UNLIKELY FOR A MAJORITY OF THE
INLAND CWA AREAS. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH FROM EAST OF
INTERSTATE 55 TO THE MS/AL STATE LINE. THIS CLUSTER WILL IMPACT
THOSE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE
SHIFTING NORTH AND OUT OF THE AREA. MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE GULF THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THAT ACTIVITY SHOULD GENERALLY BE WEAKER IN
NATURE THAN THAT OF TODAY. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT OF TODAY IN
TERMS OF THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A LARGE CLUSTER OF RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE CWA. IT COULD BE FURTHER EAST OR WEST BUT OVERALL ABOUT THE SAME
WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH.

THE UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN SHIFTING EAST TUESDAY AS BROAD UPPER TROUGH
BEGINS TO DIP SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. STRONG
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AS THE TROUGH MOVES OVERHEAD WILL KEEP RAIN
COVERAGE ON THE HIGHER SIDE SO HAVE KEPT POPS AT 50 PERCENT. THE
UPPER LOW WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ABSORBED BY THE NORTHERN TROUGH AND
BOTH WILL BE SHIFTING EASTWARD WEDNESDAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH THROUGH THE CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CUT OFF RAIN CHANCES
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

MEFFER
&&

.AVIATION...

AN AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL...THE AREA HAS
DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT AND SHIFTED EASTWARD WITH THE BACK EDGE HAVING
NOW PUSHED THROUGH KHUM...KBTR...KHDC AND KMSY. THE MOST
CONCENTRATED AREA OF CONVECTION WAS NOW LOCATED ACROSS COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. OCCASIONAL MVFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE TERMINALS BEING
IMPACTED BY THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS
ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE WAKE OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED CONVECTION MAY STILL IMPACT
THE TERMINALS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME LOW CEILINGS AND AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING WILL AGAIN LEAD TO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS AT MOST OF
THE TAF SITES. MORE SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. 11

.MARINE...

EASTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
TONIGHT AND MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL DIMINISH IN MAGNITUDE WITH
TIME. PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE SCA FOR AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TONIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUNDS. THE EXERCISE CAUTION
HEADLINES FOR THE SOUNDS EAST OF THE RIVER WILL ALSO BE MAINTAINED
THROUGH THE NIGHT  EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINES FOR THE OUTER WATERS
EAST OF THE SCA AREA WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

THE WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF BY TUESDAY. A
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT BY MID WEEK...BUT WILL INCREASE
SOMEWHAT FROM THE NORTH IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. 11

&&

.DECISION SUPPORT... DSS CODE....BLUE.
DEPLOYED...NONE.
ACTIVATION...NONE.
ACTIVITIES...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SE LA.

DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS) CODE LEGEND
GREEN  = NO WEATHER IMPACTS THAT REQUIRE ACTION
BLUE   = LONG FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY IN EFFECT OR HIGH
         VISIBILITY EVENT
YELLOW = HEIGHTENED IMPACTS WITH SHORT FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY
         ISSUANCES; RADAR SUPPORT
ORANGE = HIGH IMPACTS - SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK SEVERE; NEARBY
         TROPICAL EVENTS; HAZMAT OR OTHER LARGE EPISODES
RED    = FULL ENGAGEMENT FOR MODERATE RISK SVR AND/OR DIRECT
         TROPICAL THREATS; EVENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  70  80  70  84 /  80  70  50  60
BTR  71  84  70  85 /  80  70  50  50
ASD  72  82  70  85 /  80  70  50  50
MSY  74  83  73  84 /  80  70  50  60
GPT  72  80  72  84 /  80  80  60  60
PQL  72  80  72  84 /  80  80  60  60

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR LAZ058-060>062-
     064-067>070.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR GMZ555-557-575-
     577.

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR GMZ557-575-577.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2015

GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037-
039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-280000-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO
60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
1100 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND A FEW COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...PRIMARILY ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WHERE
THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREATS FROM
ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND A BRIEF
TORNADO. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND
COULD LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING ISSUES.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...EXCLUDING THE SOUNDS. EAST
WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS AND ROUGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH A FEW POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS...INCREASING SEAS AND PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS WILL
LEAD TO ROUGH CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY HIGHER TIDE LEVELS ALONG
THE COASTLINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.