FNUS74 KLIX 171602 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR GARYVILLE MS RIVER...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1002 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) TEMP(F)DISCHARGE(CFS) BATON ROUGE30.547774400 DONALDSONVILLE 21.4 RESERVE16.4 NEW ORLEANS11.8 .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............63 64 66 67 67 67 67 66 65 RH..............81 75 70 65 63 65 68 70 73 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 .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............64 62 60 60 59 58 RH..............73 78 87 87 93 100 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 4 E 3 E 3 E 4 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 10 10 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 66 69 71 70 RH..............100 100 90 87 79 78 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 7 SE 9 S 10 S 12 S 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 90 90 80 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY... COOLER. PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH. .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .TUESDAY... CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...FREDDIE ZEIGLER TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20120217.GARYV.02/LIX