FNUS74 KLIX 262152
FWSLIX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOMOCHITTO BB 31 SMOKE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
352 PM CST TUE JAN 26 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SORRY FOR THE DELAY.  THE ALARMS ARE NOT GOING OFF
LIKE THEY SHOULD WHEN A SPOT COMES IN.  THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE
SHORT-TERM IS THE MUCH LOWER DEWPOINTS AND RESULTANT HUMIDITY
VALUES.  RH VALUES FELL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S
THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WAS MUCH LOWER THAN FORECAST THIS MORNING.
SOME RECOVERY IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...MAINLY DUE TO RAPIDLY
DROPPING TEMPERATURES.  DUE TO THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS...NO FOG
FORMATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...AN SURFACE INVERSION
WILL STILL DEVELOP DUE TO THE CLEAR SKIES AND VERY LIGHT WINDS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  THUS...ANY SMOKE WILL REMAIN TRAPPED NEAR
THE GROUND AND REMAIN OVER THE SAME BASIC AREA.  THE INVERSION
WILL QUICKLY BREAK SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...BUT THE SAME VERY
DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.  VERY LOW RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL ALSO
PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW AS THE HIGH BEGINS TO
PULL TO THE EAST OF THE AREA.

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........0      0      0      0      0      0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............53     46     42     39     37     36
RH..............36     47     57     64     67     69
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 2    NE 2   E 3    E 3    E 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT-AGL)3100   3100   1400   200    200    BLW100
MIX HGT (M-AGL).940    940    430    60     60     BLW10M
TRAN WIND (MPH).NW 13  NW 13  N 10   E 3    E 3    E 3
TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 6   NW 6   N 4    E 1    E 1    E 1
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........0      0      0      0      0      4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............35     40     53     62     65     63
RH..............69     52     32     27     25     29
20 FT WIND......E 2    SE 3   SE 5   SE 6   SE 6   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT-AGL)BLW100 BLW100 700    3000   3000   3700
MIX HGT (M-AGL).BLW10M BLW10M 210    910    910    1130
TRAN WIND (MPH).E 5    E 5    SE 10  S 9    S 9    S 13
TRAN WIND (M/S).E 2    E 2    SE 4   S 4    S 4    S 6
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0

$$
FORECASTER...PHIL GRIGSBY
REQUESTED BY...PATTI ROBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100126.HOMOC.02/LIX