FNUS74 KLIX 262034 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-05-06...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 334 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A GRADUAL RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN ON FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER TEXAS MOVES INTO THE REGION. THIS LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NEXT WEEKEND. 1. PATCHY LIGHT FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. 2. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT BEST TUESDAY NIGHT. CALM WINDS ARE A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY. 3. WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ROUGHLY 11 AM UNTIL ROUGHLY 8 PM. THIS FORECAST ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR THE EXPECTED SEA BREEZE. 4. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM SOUTHERLY COMPONENT DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A CURRENT FORECAST OF 150 DEGREES... WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED SSE. WITH WINDS FORECAST TO BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR CALM TUESDAY NIGHT...IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A WIND DIRECTION OUTSIDE OF THE ALLOWABLE NE-E-SE. 5. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE NEXT WEEK WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT 30 PERCENT FRIDAY AND 40 PERCENT SATURDAY. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS...IT IS REALLY TOO SOON TO SPECULATE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WILL FALL. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG TEMP............81 77 73 69 66 65 63 62 60 59 59 58 RH..............49 58 66 76 84 84 90 90 96 96 96 100 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SE E NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...6.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 MIX HGT (KM)....1.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.N SW SW SW SW SW SW NE NE NE N N TRANSP WIND SPD.5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 TRANS SPD (M/S).2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 DISPERSION......32 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........2 9 9 9 9 9 9 19 19 19 19 19 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG TEMP............58 57 61 67 73 76 78 79 81 82 82 82 RH..............100 100 93 78 66 60 54 50 47 46 47 49 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 10 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 3 3 9 9 9 12 12 12 13 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 DISPERSION......7 7 8 8 11 29 29 50 37 37 41 56 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........19 25 25 25 31 31 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG TEMP............79 70 67 64 63 62 RH..............54 76 84 93 97 97 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 6 SE 5 SE 2 CALM CALM 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....5800 2800 1100 1100 1300 1000 MIX HGT (M).....1770 850 340 340 400 300 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 13 SE 15 S 8 S 8 S 8 S 5 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 6 SE 7 S 4 S 4 S 4 S 2 DISPERSION......56 46 12 4 4 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SAUCIER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120326.CPTG0.02/LIX