Posted by Riggy on 5/17/2009, 8:51 am, in reply to "Re: 18N78W (Sunday Morning)"

This just in from the New Orleans Office: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 734 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2009 .MARINE UPDATE... LOWER PRESSURE AREA ACROSS THE SOUTH GULF AND HIGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI HAVE PRODUCED NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR TIDAL LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ERGO...OUR MARINE FORECASTER HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO PQL. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE GULF LATER IN THE WEEK AND MAY TRANSLATE DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS A LOW. THIS FEATURE MAY MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT WILL PROBABLY BE THE MAIN INFLUENCE ON THE MARINE FORECAST IN THE THIS WEEK. 18 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GMZ550-555-570-575. MS...NONE. GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GMZ555-570-575. Hmmmmmmmmmm mabe I will get off the rig early! --Previous Message-- : Do any of the five day forecasts along the : gulf or Florida show anything in a possible : forecast? : : : --Previous Message-- : yeah the convection over Jamaica starting to : look more concentrated as this morning goes : on. : : --Previous Message-- : All the models I checked so far are showing : a : storm just south of Mobile Alabama in 5 : days. : : The models might soon be picking up on this : new convection around Jamaica. : : I can't make out any clear signs of : counterclockwise rotation yet, but I got my : eye on it. : : The GFS model forecasts the shear around : Jamaica to drop out a couple of times over : the next 48 hours. : : : : : : : http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-rgb.html : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :