FNUS74 KLIX 201250 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT V BIG BRANCH...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 750 AM CDT MON APR 20 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE WEST GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY BECOME MORE WESTERLY TONIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER WEAK FRONT TRIES TO PUSH THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH IN WEDNESDAY AND WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .REMARK...SOUNDING DID NOT REVEAL ANY DRY AIR TO MIX DOWN AND DEWPOINT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID 40S. THEREFORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT TODAY. MAXIMUM GUST UP TO 15 KNOTS OR 17 MPH FOR TODAY CAN BE EXPECTED. CHANCES ARE VERY HIGH FOR CALM WINDS TUESDAY MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT OFF OF THIS MORNING SOUNDING SHOULD REACH 6000 FEET WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S TODAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........33 33 30 29 29 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 69 73 73 74 74 RH..............72 51 43 41 40 41 20 FT WIND......NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT-AGL)2900 2900 4200 4800 4800 4600 MIX HGT (M-AGL).880 880 1280 1460 1460 1400 TRAN WIND (MPH).NW 20 NW 20 NW 17 NW 15 NW 15 NW 20 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 9 NW 9 NW 8 NW 7 NW 7 NW 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........19 13 12 12 11 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............73 67 61 59 55 52 RH..............43 50 60 60 64 69 20 FT WIND......NW 8 NW 7 NW 6 NW 6 NW 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT-AGL)4600 3700 2300 2300 700 300 MIX HGT (M-AGL).1400 1130 700 700 210 90 TRAN WIND (MPH).NW 20 NW 22 N 17 N 17 N 12 NW 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 9 NW 10 N 8 N 8 N 5 NW 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........18 22 36 36 43 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 54 67 73 76 76 RH..............74 66 43 40 39 43 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 6 W 6 W 7 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT-AGL)300 2500 4400 4400 5600 5500 MIX HGT (M-AGL).90 760 1340 1340 1710 1680 TRAN WIND (MPH).NW 12 W 15 W 20 W 20 W 24 W 24 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 5 W 7 W 9 W 9 W 11 W 11 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090420.UNITV.01/LIX