FNUS74 KLIX 271956 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICO LAGOON FIRE...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 256 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 8 PM TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. WIND SHIFTS COULD OCCUR IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES THIS WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD BACK OVER THE AREA NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........65 65 65 65 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 79 80 81 RH..............88 85 85 82 DEWPOINT........74 74 74 75 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.7 5.2 5.2 5.2 MIX HGT (KM)....1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 DISPERSION......33 44 44 44 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........65 55 55 55 55 55 55 48 48 48 48 48 WEATHER COV.....SCT CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............81 82 82 83 83 82 82 81 81 80 80 80 RH..............82 79 79 77 77 82 82 85 85 88 88 85 DEWPOINT........75 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 MIX HGT (KM)....1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 DISPERSION......44 43 43 43 30 30 9 10 10 10 11 11 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........48 54 54 54 54 54 WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 82 87 91 91 91 RH..............85 79 68 58 58 56 DEWPOINT........75 75 75 74 74 73 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 1600 3400 3400 4100 3900 MIX HGT (M).....430 490 1040 1040 1250 1190 TRANSPORT WIND..W 16 W 16 W 14 W 14 W 12 W 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 7 W 7 W 6 W 6 W 5 W 5 DISPERSION......11 18 19 47 43 46 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 50 50 50 50 50 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120727.CHICO.01/LIX