FNUS74 KLIX 281226 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-06...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 726 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN ON FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVE EAST ACROSS TEXAS. 1. PATCHY MODERATE TO DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY NEAR KPQL. AT KPQL...FOG COULD BE AS EARLY AS 10 PM...BUT MOST AREAS FOG WILL NOT DEVELOP UNTIL AROUND 4 AM. IT SHOULD BURN OFF BY 9 AM. 2. THERE WILL BE SOME VARIABILITY IN WIND DIRECTION TODAY. MAIN WIND DIRECTION SHOULD BE ABOUT SE...150 DEGREES...BUT WINDS AT KBIX ARE ALREADY SOUTH...180 DEGREES. A SOUTH WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. 3. DEW POINTS AT KPQL HAVE BEEN RUNNING 5-8 DEGREES LOWER THAN AT KBIX THIS MORNING...AND TEMPERATURES HAVE NOT COOLED AT KBIX. AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXES OUT THIS MORNING THE DEW POINT RANGE WILL SHRINK AND TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME MORE UNIFORM...BUT KBIX DEW POINTS WILL BE HIGHER THAN KPQL ALL DAY. EVENTUALLY...BY MIDDAY...THE RH AT KPQL WILL BE LOWER THAN AT KBIX. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........35 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 36 36 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....FOG RNF RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............66 71 75 77 79 79 80 80 80 79 77 RH..............82 73 61 54 51 50 52 52 54 60 64 DEWPOINT........57 57 57 57 58 59 61 61 61 62 62 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S SE SE SE S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION......3 3 5 57 57 42 37 37 37 36 36 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........36 58 58 58 58 58 58 72 72 72 72 72 WEATHER COV.....SCH PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....RW FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG TEMP............75 73 71 69 68 66 65 65 64 63 63 62 RH..............64 71 76 81 84 90 93 90 93 93 93 97 DEWPOINT........62 63 63 63 63 63 63 62 62 61 61 61 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.9 MIX HGT (KM)....1.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.10 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 DISPERSION......36 8 9 9 6 6 2 3 3 3 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........72 56 56 56 56 56 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 66 76 79 80 79 RH..............100 87 69 58 54 56 DEWPOINT........61 62 65 63 62 62 20 FT WIND......E 0 E 1 E 2 SE 5 SE 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 1200 3200 3200 6300 4800 MIX HGT (M).....580 370 980 980 1920 1460 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 5 NE 5 E 2 E 2 S 9 S 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 2 NE 2 E 1 E 1 S 4 S 5 DISPERSION......2 2 1 9 42 47 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SAUCIER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120328.CPTG0.01/LIX