FNUS74 KLIX 011333 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR MOSSLER Q...BIG BRANCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 733 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AND BECOME CENTERED NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION ON LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. REMARKS... 1. ALLOWING FOR LOWER DEWPOINTS THAT CURRENTLY FORECAST...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD DROP INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE...BUT NOT BELOW 30 PERCENT. 2. NO LAKE BREEZE EXPECTED. THE PREVAILING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN TOO STRONG...AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FORECAST HIGH AIR TEMPERATURE AND PREVAILING LAKE TEMPERATURE TOO LOW FOR A LAKE BREEZE TO DEVELOP. 3. AIRMASS APPEARS TOO DRY FOR RH TO REACH 100 PERCENT AT NIGHT...BUT COULD POSSIBLY GET TO NEAR 95 PERCENT. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........11 11 11 4 4 4 4 4 4 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............58 62 65 67 69 70 70 69 66 RH..............62 54 48 45 42 39 39 40 47 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE N N N N N N NE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.5 MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 12 12 12 10 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 7 7 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 55 53 50 47 47 RH..............56 72 77 83 89 89 20 FT WIND......NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3100 3100 2100 600 600 300 MIX HGT (M).....940 940 640 180 180 90 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 10 NE 10 NE 12 E 10 E 10 NE 9 TRAN WIND (M/S).NE 4 NE 4 NE 5 E 4 E 4 NE 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........9 9 9 19 19 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 49 59 66 69 68 RH..............93 93 69 54 51 52 20 FT WIND......NE 4 E 5 E 5 E 6 E 6 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....200 200 1800 3800 3800 3900 MIX HGT (M).....60 60 550 1160 1160 1190 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 8 NE 8 E 13 SE 10 SE 10 E 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).NE 4 NE 4 E 6 SE 4 SE 4 E 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110301.MOSSL.01/LIX