FNUS74 KLIX 162023 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR FREMAUX WILDFIRE...BIG BRANCH NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 223 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY DRIFTING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LOW FOR THE MOST PART. OTHER THAN LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...NO MORE RAIN EXPECTED UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WILL FALL BEHIND THE BOUNDARY THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT MIN RH/S NEAR 40 PCT SATURDAY AND 30 PCT ON SUNDAY. MOISTURE BACK ON THE RISE MONDAY AS WINDS SWITCH BACK AROUND TO SOUTHEAST. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 62 65 73 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW TEMP............75 73 71 69 RH..............68 71 73 78 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.8 5 5 5 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........81 90 93 88 88 88 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 65 62 59 56 52 RH..............81 81 81 83 83 89 20 FT WIND......NE 3 NE 5 N 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 3 NE 5 N 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 EYE LEVEL WIND..5 10 10 10 15 MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 1300 1100 1100 1400 MIX HGT (M).....180 180 400 340 340 430 TRANSPORT WIND..N 1 N 1 N 5 N 15 N 15 N 14 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 0 N 0 N 2 N 7 N 7 N 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 20 20 20 .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........83 75 63 55 44 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 53 59 61 63 60 RH..............86 74 57 51 46 51 20 FT WIND......N 8 N 8 N 7 N 6 N 5 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 8 N 8 N 7 N 6 N 5 N 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1500 1600 2100 2100 2300 MIX HGT (M).....460 460 490 640 640 700 TRANSPORT WIND..N 15 N 15 N 14 N 14 N 14 N 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 7 N 7 N 6 N 6 N 6 N 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LEROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111216.FREMA.01/LIX