FNUS74 KLIX 311236 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-02-08-18...U.S. FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 736 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 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 MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLY MIDWEEK...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT MOVES PAST THE REGION TO THE NORTH. 1. MOST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH ISOLATED TO POSSIBLY SCATTERED CONVECTION. 2. LIGHT TO MODERATE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...LASTING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. 3. OUR FORECASTS ACCOUNT FOR THE SEA BREEZE WHEN WE EXPECT ONE TO DEVELOP. WIND DIRECTION SHOULD STAY WITHIN THE DIRECTIONAL BOUNDS IN THE FORECAST BELOW. GUSTS MAY BE A FEW MPH HIGHER THAN INDICATED...BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. THE CAVEAT WILL BE IF ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPS IN THE AREA. OUTFLOW FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN STRONGER GUSTS AND A WIDE VARIETY OF WIND DIRECTIONS. 4. THE PATTERN IS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE BEFORE TONIGHT...SO VERY LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW MAY DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT. 5. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........52 52 52 35 35 35 35 35 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............76 79 81 82 83 82 81 81 RH..............71 64 65 61 59 61 60 60 DEWPOINT........66 66 68 67 67 67 66 66 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 12 12 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 3.2 3.2 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.3 5.3 MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 9 9 9 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION......8 48 48 52 52 52 63 63 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........35 32 32 32 32 32 32 61 61 61 61 61 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG TEMP............80 78 74 73 71 71 69 69 68 67 66 65 RH..............62 67 76 79 87 87 93 93 97 100 100 100 DEWPOINT........66 66 66 66 67 67 67 67 67 67 66 65 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW W VAR VAR VAR VAR 20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 MIX HGT (KM)....1.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 DISPERSION......63 38 38 38 30 30 6 6 6 6 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........61 35 35 35 35 35 35 38 38 38 38 38 WEATHER COV.....PTY WEATHER TYPE....FOG TEMP............64 64 66 72 76 80 82 83 84 84 83 83 RH..............100 100 97 76 66 56 53 51 49 51 55 57 DEWPOINT........64 64 65 64 64 63 63 63 63 64 65 66 20 FT WIND DIR..VAR VAR SE S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 14 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 DISPERSION......5 4 4 4 4 33 33 57 57 41 56 77 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120331.CPTG0.01/LIX