FNUS74 KSHV 221315
FWSSHV

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 58...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
715 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON FEBRUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THIS MORNING A COLD FRONT HAD PUSHED INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. COOLER AND DRIER AIR
FOLLOWED IN WAKE OF THE BOUNDARY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLED
ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THE SURFACE HIGH
WILL SHIFT EAST WITH THE SURFACE FRONT BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY
ALONG OR IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK
NORTH AS A WARM FRONT RETURNING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE FOUR STATE
REGION TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW
TODAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE AREA NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR THEN INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON WEDNESDAY WITH DEW POINTS
CLIMBING INTO THE 50S WEDNESDAY AND THEN TO NEAR 60 TOWARD
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
RH..............60     51     45     42
20 FT WIND......NE 8   NE 6   NE 6   NE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
RH..............48     58     67     75     77     78
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 5    E 5    E 3    E 3    E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.                     5      5      5

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FORECASTER...DUPLANTIS
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN MILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110222.COMPA.05/SHV