FNUS74 KLIX 171758 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CARROLLTON-NEW ORLEANS MS RIVER...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1158 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND TRACK EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SATURDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY WETTING RAINFALL. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL SWING THROUGH WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS WEEKEND BEFORE SHIFTING EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER WEAKER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION ON TUESDAY. RIVER STAGE DATA ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCATION STAGE(FT) WATER TEMP(F)DISCHARGE(CFS) BATON ROUGE 30.347771900 DONALDSONVILLE 21.4 RESERVE16.4 NEW ORLEANS11.9 .TODAY... TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............64 65 66 66 66 65 RH..............71 67 65 65 66 68 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............65 64 62 60 60 60 RH..............70 78 81 87 93 96 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 50 50 50 .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............59 61 64 68 70 71 RH..............100 100 93 84 79 78 20 FT WIND......E 7 E 9 SE 10 S 13 S 14 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 90 90 80 $$ FORECASTER...MORELAND REQUESTED BY...MATT MORELAND TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20120217.CARRO.01/LIX