FNUS74 KLIX 230036 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR G 2 8...SANDHILL CRANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 636 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AS THE LOW PULLS TO THE EAST...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FINALLY BUILD IN FOR SUNDAY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........64 64 64 64 64 64 29 29 29 29 29 29 WEATHER COV..... ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG TEMP............69 67 65 64 63 62 61 61 61 61 61 62 RH..............87 93 97 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 20 20 20 22 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 DISPERSION......18 18 23 23 23 23 12 12 13 13 13 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........2 2 2 45 45 45 WEATHER COV.....AREAS WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 65 70 73 75 75 RH..............97 87 76 71 66 66 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 7 SW 9 SW 11 S 11 S 11 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....900 900 900 1300 1300 1200 MIX HGT (M).....270 270 270 400 400 370 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 22 SW 22 SW 28 SW 33 SW 33 SW 33 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 10 SW 10 SW 13 SW 15 SW 15 SW 15 DISPERSION......15 15 25 50 50 47 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY NIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........66 66 66 86 86 86 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............70 66 65 64 63 62 RH..............76 90 93 93 84 78 20 FT WIND......S 11 S 10 S 9 SW 8 SW 7 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....700 700 700 600 600 700 MIX HGT (M).....210 210 210 180 180 210 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 33 SW 33 SW 38 SW 40 SW 40 W 35 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 15 SW 15 SW 17 SW 18 SW 18 W 16 DISPERSION......34 34 37 36 36 31 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 70 70 70 1...NO NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. 2...BETWEEN SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING AND NOON FRIDAY RAINFALL SHOULD BE BETWEEN 0.25-0.50 INCHES. 3...THERE MAY BE WINDOW BETWEEN 2PM-4PM WHERE WINDS MAY BREIFLY SUSTAIN HIGHER THAN 16 MPH. GUSTS 25-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS INDICATED IN THE SPOT MATRIX ABOVE. 4...THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND DIRECTIONS OUTSIDE 135-270 DEGREES IS LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. 5...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK /15%/ OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE PRE-DAWN HOURS FRIDAY. 6...FOG SHOULD LINGER UNTIL ABOUT 8:30 AM. 7...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING THE LOWEST RH INDICATED IS AROUND 60 PERCENT. ON FRIDAY...RH WILL LOWER BELOW 25 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...RICKS REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120223.G28__.01/LIX