FNUS74 KLIX 081246 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT O-03-O-16E...U.S. FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 646 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC COAST REGION WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHEAST WINDS AND INCREASED MOISTURE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH. 1. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR DENSE FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FOG DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WIND SPEED. IF WINDS FALL BELOW 5 MPH...FOG IS MUCH MORE LIKELY. WITH WINDS GREATER THAN 5 MPH...WE WILL JUST HAVE LOW CLOUD COVER. AS THE FORECAST SHOWS...WE ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT ON THAT EDGE. 2. THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR WINDS TO BECOME CALM OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD OCCUR AS EARLY AS 9 PM...BUT BEST CHANCES WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT. IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE AFTER 9 AM FRIDAY. 3. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL START AFFECTING THE BURN SITE DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY DURING THE DAY. PRECIPITATION COULD CARRY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. RAIN AMOUNTS FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FURTHER PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 4. PEAK WIND GUSTS TODAY COULD BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH...WITH MOST GUSTS IN THE 20 MPH RANGE. 5. BROKEN CLOUD COVER IS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA DURING THE DAY. THERE ARE SOME CLEAR SKIES OVER THE GULF THAT COULD AID IN OCCASIONALLY BREAKING UP THE CLOUD COVER. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........45 50 55 60 65 68 68 66 64 61 58 56 WEATHER COV..... SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW TEMP............63 65 68 71 75 77 78 78 78 78 77 75 RH..............90 90 84 78 73 66 64 62 62 64 69 73 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 16 16 16 22 22 22 22 12 12 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 DISPERSION......9 9 18 18 27 49 49 49 49 26 26 26 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........54 57 62 66 71 76 78 78 78 78 78 78 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............73 71 71 70 69 69 68 68 65 66 65 65 RH..............73 79 79 81 87 87 84 84 93 87 90 90 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 DISPERSION......10 10 10 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........78 82 87 91 93 95 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 66 70 73 74 72 RH..............93 97 87 79 76 79 20 FT WIND......S 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 3 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 1100 2600 2600 2200 MIX HGT (M).....180 180 340 790 790 670 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 3 NE 3 NE 5 NE 5 NE 5 N 15 TRAN WIND (M/S).NE 1 NE 1 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 N 7 DISPERSION......2 2 3 13 13 42 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120308.CPTO0.01/LIX