FNUS74 KLIX 112216 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT O-08...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 516 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE AREA. REMARKS...SOME PATCHY LIGHT FOG CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...AND WILL OCCUR MAINLY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND AND POSSIBLY AGAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. RAINFALL ON SATURDAY MAY TOTAL IN THE 1.5 TO 3 INCH RANGE WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE..GENERALLY LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTEST TONIGHT AFTER 2 AM. SOME OF THE DATA IN THE POINT AND CLICK FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........M 84 95 95 95 95 95 95 98 98 98 98 98 98 WEATHER COV.....M SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....M RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............M 77 77 75 72 70 68 67 66 66 66 66 66 66 RH..............M 55 61 68 73 81 86 90 93 93 93 93 95 97 DEWPOINT........M 60 60 61 61 62 63 63 64 64 64 64 64 65 20 FT WIND DIR..M SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..M 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.M 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...M 4.4 4.4 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 MIX HGT (KM)....M 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.M SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.M 18 18 10 10 12 12 12 12 8 8 8 7 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).M 8 8 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 DISPERSION......M 73 73 39 39 39 27 27 16 14 14 19 19 19 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........98 97 97 97 97 97 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............66 69 74 78 80 80 RH..............97 93 82 71 67 71 DEWPOINT........65 67 68 68 68 69 20 FT WIND......E 6 SE 8 SE 10 SE 12 SE 12 SE 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....600 1300 2500 2500 3600 3500 MIX HGT (M).....180 400 760 760 1100 1070 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 7 E 7 SE 10 SE 10 SE 14 S 15 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 3 E 3 SE 4 SE 4 SE 6 S 7 DISPERSION......19 28 37 61 73 66 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 90 90 90 90 90 .SATURDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........97 89 89 89 91 91 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............78 74 71 70 70 70 RH..............71 83 93 99 99 99 DEWPOINT........68 68 69 69 69 69 20 FT WIND......SE 11 S 10 S 9 S 6 S 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3500 3100 2000 2000 1200 1200 MIX HGT (M).....1070 940 610 610 370 370 TRANSPORT WIND..S 15 S 14 SE 18 SE 18 SE 21 SE 20 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 7 S 6 SE 8 SE 8 SE 9 SE 9 DISPERSION......66 56 39 26 19 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 70 70 70 50 50 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120511.CPTO0.02/LIX