FNUS74 KLIX 241215 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-11SE...U.S. FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 615 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WARM FRONT HAS QUICKLY MOVED BACK TO THE NORTH. SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FOG SHOULD QUICKLY IMPROVE THIS MORNING BUT LOW CLOUDS WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER TO THIN OUT. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH FRONT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. 1. FOG POTENTIAL IS HIGH ONCE AGAIN ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE NEARLY AS DENSE AS THIS MORNING. LIGHT FOG MAY BEGIN AS EARLY ASS 10 PM TONIGHT. AREAS OF MODERATE WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH FOG SHOULD QUICKLY IMPROVE. HOWEVER FRONTAL PASSAGE IN JACKSON COUNTY IS NOT ANTICIPATED UNTIL AFTER 7/8AM. 2. WINDS WILL NOT GO CALM OVERNIGHT AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN AROUND 10 MPH. 3. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS TODAY WILL BE AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH MAINLY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 4. NO SEABREEZE WILL OCCUR AS WINDS WILL ALREADY BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH...COMPLETELY DRIVEN BY SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCES. 5. THE PASCAGOULA RIVER SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON WINDS TODAY. 6. FRONTAL PASSAGE IN JACKSON COUNTY IS NOT ANTICIPATED UNTIL AFTER 7/8AM. RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT AND TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF 0.15-0.35 IS EXPECTED. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........61 61 61 61 61 61 51 51 51 51 51 52 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............60 62 64 67 70 72 73 74 74 73 72 70 RH..............100 100 100 87 81 76 73 72 72 76 81 87 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 16 19 21 21 21 21 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 16 16 16 18 18 18 18 16 16 16 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 60 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........52 52 52 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............68 65 63 62 61 61 RH..............87 97 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 9 S 10 S 10 S 10 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 1900 1700 1600 1600 1400 MIX HGT (M).....580 580 520 490 490 430 TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 S 13 S 16 S 20 S 20 S 22 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6 S 6 S 7 S 9 S 9 S 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........76 76 76 35 35 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 64 68 70 72 70 RH..............100 90 78 71 64 66 20 FT WIND......SW 7 W 6 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1300 1800 2100 2100 1900 MIX HGT (M).....400 400 550 640 640 580 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 21 SW 21 SW 17 W 10 W 10 W 7 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 9 SW 9 SW 8 W 4 W 4 W 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...BANNAN REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110224.CPTG1.01/LIX