FNUS74 KLIX 291225 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-06...U.S. FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 725 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVE EAST ACROSS TEXAS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 1. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IF FOG DEVELOPS IT COULD BE DENSE. CLOUD COVER AND DEPTH OF THE INVERSION WOULD BE THE LIMITING FACTORS. PAST FEW MORNINGS INVERSION WAS ONLY 200 FEET DEEP AND FOG WAS LIMITED...THIS MORNING 600 FEET DEEP...THUS MORE FOG. CURRENTLY...IT LOOKS LIKE INVERSION DEPTH WILL BE ABOUT 300 FEET TOMORROW. 2. THE PREDOMINANT WIND DIRECTION WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 150 DEGREES BY NOON OR 1 PM. WITH NORMAL VARIATIONS IN WIND DIRECTION...YOU CAN EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE PERIODS DURING THE AFTERNOON WHERE WINDS WILL BE SOUTH OR SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TRANSPORT WIND FORECAST DOES NOT GENERALLY GET UPDATED UNTIL BETWEEN 0500 AND 0630. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS FOR THE TRANSPORT WIND TO BE OUT OF THE SOUTH. 3. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL...ABOUT 20 PERCENT...FOR LIGHTNING AS EARLY AS ABOUT NOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........63 61 61 61 61 61 61 57 57 57 57 57 WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............63 63 69 74 78 80 81 82 82 81 81 80 RH..............94 94 87 77 69 60 55 53 53 54 58 63 DEWPOINT........60 60 62 63 63 63 62 62 62 63 64 65 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 0.8 0.8 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 4.6 4.6 MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 14 14 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 DISPERSION......2 2 2 5 48 48 48 48 48 55 55 55 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........57 63 63 63 63 63 63 79 79 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 77 74 72 70 70 69 69 67 67 66 66 RH..............63 70 79 84 87 87 90 90 97 97 100 100 DEWPOINT........65 66 67 67 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.8 2.8 MIX HGT (KM)....1.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 12 12 8 8 8 10 10 10 13 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 DISPERSION......55 34 34 34 17 17 5 7 7 5 6 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........79 61 61 61 76 76 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............65 67 74 78 80 79 RH..............100 93 71 58 54 60 DEWPOINT........65 65 64 62 62 64 20 FT WIND......SW 2 SW 2 SW 3 S 5 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2800 3300 4300 4300 4600 4400 MIX HGT (M).....850 1010 1310 1310 1400 1340 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 13 SW 7 S 3 S 3 S 8 S 8 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 6 SW 3 S 1 S 1 S 4 S 4 DISPERSION......6 3 2 13 32 31 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 40 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SAUCIER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120329.CPTG0.01/LIX