FNUS74 KLIX 191238 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG BRANCH UNIT V R...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 738 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DEVELOP AND PREVAIL THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. REMARKS...WATER LEVEL WILL LOWER AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT LATER TODAY WITH THE WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST TONIGHT. THE NORTH WINDS ...HOWEVER...WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE WATER LEVELS LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE WINDS WILL HAVE A NORTHERLY COMPONENT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE BECOMING MORE WESTERLY ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL BE MORE VARIABLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN BECOME SOUTHERLY AGAIN. INVERSIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS...WITH THE STRONGER INVERSION BEING TUESDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDTY VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO APPROACH 100 PERCENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 63 63 44 20 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............69 76 77 78 78 RH..............84 69 71 69 67 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 10 SW 9 SW 10 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT-AGL)1200 2600 2600 3900 3500 MIX HGT (M-AGL).370 790 790 1190 1070 TRAN WIND (MPH).S 28 SW 29 SW 29 W 29 W 25 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 13 SW 13 SW 13 W 13 W 11 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........20 8 10 10 11 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............77 72 68 66 63 60 RH..............64 71 73 70 72 78 20 FT WIND......SW 8 SW 6 W 7 W 7 NW 8 NW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT-AGL)3500 3000 2500 2500 2100 1600 MIX HGT (M-AGL).1070 910 760 760 640 490 TRAN WIND (MPH).W 25 W 22 W 24 W 24 NW 25 NW 22 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 11 W 10 W 11 W 11 NW 11 NW 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........12 13 22 22 27 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 62 72 72 74 74 RH..............78 67 46 44 41 41 20 FT WIND......NW 7 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT-AGL)1600 1100 3200 3200 5300 4500 MIX HGT (M-AGL).490 340 980 980 1620 1370 TRAN WIND (MPH).NW 22 NW 18 NW 18 NW 18 NW 20 NW 22 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 10 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 NW 9 NW 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090419.BIGBR.01/LIX