Grand Isle, LA Marine Weather and Tide Forecast
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Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Grand Isle, LA


December 10, 2023 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
Sunrise 6:43AM   Sunset 5:02PM   Moonrise  4:22AM   Moonset 3:10PM 

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GMZ552 Coastal Waters From The Southwest Pass Of The Mississippi River To Port Fourchon Louisiana Out 20 Nm- 403 Am Cst Sun Dec 10 2023
.gale warning in effect until 3 pm cst this afternoon...
.dense fog advisory in effect until 6 am cst early this morning...
.small craft advisory in effect from 3 pm cst this afternoon through late tonight...
Today..North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Tonight..North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Monday..Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet, subsiding to 1 to 2 feet in the afternoon.
Monday night..Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.
Tuesday..Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Tuesday night..Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Wednesday..Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Wednesday night..Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Thursday..Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Thursday night..East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. A chance of showers.

GMZ500 403 Am Cst Sun Dec 10 2023
Synopsis for pascagoula to atchafalaya river out 60 nm..
a cold front will exit the coastal waters later this morning. Winds will shift to the northwest and increase in speed to 25 to 30 knots over most or all of the waters. These high winds will also push seas to between 6 and 10 feet over the open gulf waters and 3 to 6 feet in the sounds and lakes. These rough conditions will last into Monday morning before improving briefly as high pressure passes to the east of the area. Another low pressure system deepening over the central gulf on Tuesday through Friday will increase easterly flow to near 20 knots. Seas will once again turn rough as the combination of wind waves and swell pushes seas to around 7 to 10 feet in the open gulf waters.


7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Grand Isle, LA
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Area Discussion for - New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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FXUS64 KLIX 100939 AFDLIX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New Orleans LA 339 AM CST Sun Dec 10 2023

New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE

SHORT TERM
(Today through Monday)
Issued at 330 AM CST Sun Dec 10 2023

Deep, positively tilted upper trough extended from Lake Superior to northeast Texas early this morning, with upper ridging along the Pacific Coast. At 3 AM CST, the cold front was near a Gulfport to Galliano line. A band of showers and thunderstorms accompanied the front, and was continuing to move eastward. No indications of severe weather to this point of the night, with wind gusts only in the 30-35 mph range for the most part, with the heaviest rain amounts generally in the 1-2 inch range.

Visibilities are improving with the passage of the cold front, outside of where heavy rain was occurring, and will cancel the Dense Fog Advisory for all land areas in the CWA with forecast issuance in the next hour. Temperatures that were in the upper 60s and lower 70s ahead of the front have fallen into the lower and middle 50s within a couple of hours behind the front.

Expect any thunderstorms will have shifted to the east of most or all land areas by 6 AM CST, and entirely possible that any significant rain will also clear the area by that point, but will hold some small PoPs across extreme eastern portions of the area early this morning. Clearing may be a bit slower to arrive, but expect sunshine to arrive by early to mid afternoon at worst.

Cold advection will continue to cool temperatures during the morning hours this morning, but abundant sunshine this afternoon should allow some recovery in readings during the early-mid afternoon hours. Did consider a brief Wind Advisory south of Lake Pontchartrain during the morning and early afternoon, but not seeing winds upstream strong enough to justify it at this time.

After sunset, with clear skies, temperatures should drop off pretty quickly into the 40s this evening. Northern portions of the CWA will likely get pretty close to the freezing mark by sunrise Monday, with the main question being whether winds drop off to calm. At this point, not confident that will happen. Would note that areas that are forecast to get close to freezing were in a similar temperature range 3 days ago, and have had multiple freezes this season, so will forego a Freeze Watch/Warning.

Plenty of sunshine expected on Monday, although may see some high clouds late in the day as high pressure moves east of the area.
Highs probably won't get much past 60.

LONG TERM
(Monday night through Saturday)
Issued at 330 AM CST Sun Dec 10 2023

Southern stream southwesterly flow is likely to start spreading high cloud cover back toward the area by Monday night or Tuesday.
Low and mid level RH values will be rather low, so the only real effect through at least Wednesday will be the potential for a rather extensive cirrus deck. And that is where the uncertainty on low temperatures comes in. The normal adjustment would be to go toward the NBM 50th percentile or lower on minimum temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. It does appear that the 00z MAV numbers may have caught the potential for cirrus somewhat, but this is something we'll need to monitor over the next 36 hours.

Beyond Wednesday, the GFS/ECMWF solutions have come into slightly better agreement on the amount of phasing (if any) between northern and southern jets. While earlier runs painted some potential for low pressure to develop near the coast, the 00z runs have done so across southern portions of the Gulf late in the week and next weekend. The GFS solution would be close enough to spread at least some rain across the southern portion of the area Friday or Saturday. The more impactful part would be the potential for breezy to windy conditions near the coast and offshore due to the pressure gradient between the low over the Gulf and high pressure to the north. We'll continue to monitor these trends over the next few days. Don't expect major departures from normal temperatures during the second half of the week and next weekend.

AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1145 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

Progressive cold front and squall line will continue to move eastward and should clear the eastern terminals before 12z. Wind shift to the north/northwest will occur quickly as the line moves through. Expect thunderstorms with wind gusts of 20-30 mph with the line. With strong cold air advection tomorrow, mixing should promote gusty conditions. Expect winds to settle as daytime mixing comes to an end.

MARINE
Issued at 330 AM CST Sun Dec 10 2023

Will trim the Marine Fog Advisory behind the cold front, and allow the remainder to expire at 12z. Based on the wind forecast, opted to upgrade the Small Craft Advisory to a Gale Warning for Breton and Chandeleur Sounds and the open waters south of there. There should at least be frequent gusts to 34 knots there later this morning and early afternoon before winds ease somewhat. There will be a brief lull in hazardous conditions Monday afternoon and much of the overnight hours before winds and waves increase again.
Expect that Small Craft Exercise Caution headlines, or Small Craft Advisories will be necessary over most or all of the waters for a significant portion of the forecast period from Tuesday through the end of the workweek, and perhaps beyond.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MCB 54 31 57 31 / 10 0 0 0 BTR 58 33 61 35 / 0 0 0 0 ASD 59 33 59 34 / 10 0 0 0 MSY 58 42 56 43 / 10 0 0 0 GPT 60 35 58 37 / 20 0 0 0 PQL 63 32 60 33 / 20 0 0 0

LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...None.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for GMZ530-532-534.

Dense Fog Advisory until 6 AM CST early this morning for GMZ532- 536-538-552-555-557.

Small Craft Advisory until 9 AM CST this morning for GMZ536-538- 555-557-575-577.

Small Craft Advisory from 3 PM this afternoon to 6 AM CST Monday for GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.

Gale Warning from 9 AM this morning to 3 PM CST this afternoon for GMZ536-538-555-557-575-577.

Gale Warning until 3 PM CST this afternoon for GMZ550-552-570- 572.

MS...None.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for GMZ532-534.

Dense Fog Advisory until 6 AM CST early this morning for GMZ536- 538-552-555-557.

Small Craft Advisory until 9 AM CST this morning for GMZ538-555- 557-575-577.

Small Craft Advisory from 3 PM this afternoon to 6 AM CST Monday for GMZ538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.

Gale Warning from 9 AM this morning to 3 PM CST this afternoon for GMZ538-555-557-575-577.

Gale Warning until 3 PM CST this afternoon for GMZ552-570-572.


Weather Reporting Stations
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Stations Dist Age Wind Air TempWater Temp WavesinHgDewPt
GISL1 - 8761724 - Grand Isle, LA 7 mi46 min NNW 13G17 64°F 65°F29.93
LOPL1 - Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, LA 22 mi65 min N 19G44 71°F 2 ft29.9264°F
42084 26 mi46 min 70°F 68°F3 ft
KDLP 27 mi31 min NW 11G22 68°F 64°F
BURL1 - Southwest Pass, LA 39 mi46 min 16G17
PSTL1 - 8760922 - Pilot's East, SW Pass, LA 39 mi46 min WSW 13G15 70°F 65°F29.90
PILL1 42 mi46 min W 8G8.9 68°F 60°F29.91
BYGL1 - 8762482 - Bayou Gauche, LA 45 mi46 min 58°F 64°F29.98

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Wind History for Grand Isle, LA
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AirportDistAgeWind ktVisSkyWeatherTempDewPtRHinHg
KGAO SOUTH LAFOURCHE LEONARD MILLER JR,LA 20 sm10 minNW 15G2110 smOvercast Rain 64°F61°F88%29.95

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Tide / Current for Caminada Pass (bridge), Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana
   
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Caminada Pass (bridge)
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Sun -- 04:21 AM CST     Moonrise
Sun -- 06:43 AM CST     Sunrise
Sun -- 07:43 AM CST     -0.20 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 03:10 PM CST     Moonset
Sun -- 05:02 PM CST     Sunset
Sun -- 09:11 PM CST     0.91 feet High Tide
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Caminada Pass (bridge), Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, Tide feet
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Tide / Current for Bayou Rigaud, Grand Isle, Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana
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Bayou Rigaud
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Sun -- 04:21 AM CST     Moonrise
Sun -- 06:31 AM CST     -0.28 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 06:43 AM CST     Sunrise
Sun -- 03:09 PM CST     Moonset
Sun -- 05:02 PM CST     Sunset
Sun -- 07:43 PM CST     1.06 feet High Tide
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Bayou Rigaud, Grand Isle, Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, Tide feet
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