FNUS74 KLIX 161308 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1359...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 708 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF TODAY. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TUESDAY WITH YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE THURSDAY. .REMARKS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY APPROACH 25 PERCENT FROM NOON THROUGH 3 PM AT YOUR SITE. FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO FORM OVERNIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL DECREASE AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME NEARLY CALM FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY MORNING...A WIND SHIFT IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........45 45 45 45 45 45 19 19 19 19 19 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 41 45 47 50 52 53 54 55 55 52 49 RH..............85 79 65 51 43 34 29 27 25 27 31 34 DEWPOINT........33 32 30 28 26 23 21 20 19 19 20 21 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW NNW NNW NW NW NW NNW NNW NW NNW NNW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 2.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.NNW NNW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.29 29 29 29 29 29 28 28 28 28 28 28 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 DISPERSION......97 86 114 114 85 91 91 91 123 123 123 123 LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........16 16 16 9 9 9 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 43 40 37 33 29 RH..............34 45 52 56 63 75 DEWPOINT........21 23 24 23 22 22 20 FT WIND......NNW 6 NNW 5 N 4 N 3 N 2 NNE 1 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4900 4900 3400 1800 1800 900 MIX HGT (M).....1490 1490 1040 550 550 270 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 25 NW 25 NNW 20 NNW 13 NNW 13 NNW 8 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 11 NW 11 NNW 9 NNW 6 NNW 6 NNW 4 DISPERSION......17 17 9 6 6 4 LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .SUNDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........8 8 8 6 6 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............25 33 44 56 58 57 RH..............84 63 43 27 28 34 DEWPOINT........21 22 23 23 25 29 20 FT WIND......E 1 ENE 2 E 3 S 4 S 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1200 1200 2800 5200 5200 5300 MIX HGT (M).....370 370 850 1580 1580 1620 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 5 NW 5 W 2 SSW 3 SSW 3 S 7 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 2 NW 2 W 1 SSW 1 SSW 1 S 3 DISPERSION......7 7 8 21 21 42 LVORI...........5 3 2 2 2 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .TUESDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130216.DESOT.01/LIX