FNUS74 KLIX 050101 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DELTA NWR...USCG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 801 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS OFF TO THE WEST AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE STORMS SHOULD HOLD OFF THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS STILL LIKELY LATER ON TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT A FEW OF THOSE STORMS TO BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME LIGHT PATCHY FOG MAY OCCUR IN A FEW SPOTS AROUND DAYBREAK. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 91 91 91 67 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............75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 73 73 RH..............88 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 91 92 93 92 DEWPOINT........71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.0 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 MIX HGT (KM)....1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 17 17 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 DISPERSION......41 23 23 23 24 24 15 15 15 15 19 19 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........67 67 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 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............73 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 79 79 79 78 RH..............91 90 88 86 85 82 79 77 75 73 72 74 DEWPOINT........70 70 70 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 69 69 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.6 6.6 MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W TRANSP WIND SPD.17 20 20 20 17 17 17 25 25 25 22 22 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 9 9 9 8 8 8 11 11 11 10 10 DISPERSION......19 26 26 26 23 51 51 79 79 79 75 75 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 .REMARKS... FLIGHTS OVER SPOT AREA: CEILINGS WILL REMAIN AROUND 200K FT THROUGH 3AM. SCATTERED DECKS AROUND 5K FT WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTERWARDS MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. CEILINGS WILL REMAIN AROUND 6K FT THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY AND DROP TO 3K FT BY EVENING. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FOR THE SPOT AREA MAINLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BETWEEN 2AM AND 7AM. $$ FORECASTER...ERICKSON REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW ROBERTS TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20120404.DELTA.01/LIX