FNUS74 KLIX 302117 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 417 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE MOISTURE CONTENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SUNDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS STATES MOVES EAST. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........54 54 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TEMP............76 76 RH..............85 87 100 FT WND DIR..S S 100 FT WND SPD..16 17 100 FT WND GUST.30 30 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S TRANSP WIND SPD.25 25 TRANS SPD (M/S).11 11 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 SEAS............6 6 SEA STATE.......ROUGH... HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.120.12 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........54 57 60 60 65 61 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............75 74 73 73 73 73 RH..............87 90 93 97 97 97 100 FT WND......SE 15 S 15 SE 16 SE 17 SE 17 SE 16 100 FT WND GUST.31 31 30 29 29 29 MIX HGT (FT)....800 500 400 400 500 500 MIX HGT (M).....240 150 120 120 150 150 TRANSPORT WIND..S 23 SE 22 SE 21 SE 22 SE 22 SE 25 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 11 SE 11 SE 10 SE 11 SE 11 SE 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............6 7 7 7 7 7 SEA STATE.......20 20 20 20 20 20 HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........61 55 53 53 50 56 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............73 74 78 80 81 81 RH..............97 93 82 74 72 69 100 FT WIND.....SSE 21 SSE 21 SSE 20 SSE 18 SSE 18 SSE 18 100 FT WID GUST.30 29 29 28 27 27 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 400 400 400 400 MIX HGT (M).....150 150 120 120 120 120 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 25 SE 26 SE 20 SE 20 SE 21 SE 21 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 12 SE 13 SE 10 SE 10 SE 11 SE 11 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEAS............7 9 9 9 10 10 SEA STATE.......20 20 20 20 20 20 HRLY RAIN (IN)..0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM ERICKSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100430.DEEPW.07/LIX