FNUS74 KLIX 262101 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR OCEAN SPRINGS FIRE...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 401 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A SEABREEZE IS IN FULL EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BOUNDARY CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF THE FIRE. PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...AROUND 6 PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DROP BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM...AS THE SEABREEZE WEAKENS. WINDS SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY CALM BY 8 PM...AND SHOULD BE MORE VARIABLE DUE TO THE LIGHT WIND SPEEDS. THESE CALM WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AROUND 10 AM BEFORE INCREASING OUT OF THE SOUTH AS ANOTHER SEABREEZE FORMS. DO NOT EXPECT A LANDBREEZE OR DRAINAGE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT SINCE THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED OFFSHORE FLOW. ALTHOUGH THE RH VALUES WILL BE HIGH TONIGHT...DO NOT EXPECT A STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...FOG POTENTIAL IS VERY LOW. DO NOT EXPECT FOG TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...BUT DEW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING HOURS. DO NOT EXPECT ANY RAINFALL OVER THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. OVERALL RAIN CHANCES ARE BASICALLY NILL DUE TO THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY PUSHING WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............91 90 88 RH..............46 48 51 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 12 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 4.2 4.2 MIX HGT (KM)....1.5 1.3 1.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........10 10 10 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............86 84 81 78 76 75 RH..............61 65 74 85 90 94 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 1 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6 S 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 1 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4200 3600 1400 1400 500 800 MIX HGT (M).....1280 1100 430 430 150 240 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 12 S 14 S 14 S 14 S 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 4 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........10 40 42 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............74 87 90 RH..............97 61 56 20 FT WIND......SW 2G5 S 3G5 SE 6G10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 2G5 S 3G5 SE 6G10 MIX HGT (FT)....800 3300 5300 MIX HGT (M).....240 1010 1620 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 7 S 8 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 4 S 3 S 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...GRIGSBY REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110626.OCEAN.01/LIX