FNUS74 KLIX 061443 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR ONE 10 FIRE...BIG BRANCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 943 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A WEAK SURFACE FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE THROUGH. WINDS ACROSS THE FIRE DISTRICTS WILL PREDOMINANTLY BE OUT OF THE WEST AND RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY OUT OF THAT DIRECTION UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE BOUNDARY FIZZLES OUT. REMARKS... 1. LIGHTNING AMOUNT - MODERATE WITH UP TO 5 STRIKES PER MINUTE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 2. DURATION OF RAINFALL - 2 TO 4 HOURS WITH SUBSTANTIAL WETTING RAINS POSSIBLE. 3. WIND DIRECTION - WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH TEMPORARY SHIFT TO NORTH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........84 84 84 77 77 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM TSTM TSTM TEMP............81 86 87 88 88 RH..............82 67 63 61 62 20 FT WIND......SW 8 W 9 W 8 W 8 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 8 W 9 W 8 W 8 W 8 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 20 15 15 15 TRAN WIND (MPH).W 20 W 22 W 22 W 17 W 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 9 W 10 W 10 W 8 W 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 80 80 80 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........77 74 74 74 76 76 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............87 84 80 79 77 75 RH..............64 70 79 82 87 97 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 6 W 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 10 10 10 10 TRAN WIND (MPH).W 18 NW 10 SE 3 SE 3 W 7 W 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 8 NW 4 SE 1 SE 1 W 3 W 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 50 50 50 50 50 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........76 75 75 75 58 58 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM TSTM TSTM TEMP............75 79 87 89 89 89 RH..............94 85 63 59 59 61 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 10 10 10 10 TRAN WIND (MPH).W 18 W 16 W 17 W 17 W 20 W 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 8 W 7 W 8 W 8 W 9 W 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090706.ONE10.01/LIX