FNUS74 KLIX 192057 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CREOSOTE FIRE...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 257 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TODAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TOMORROW. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS WILL FORCE A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFFSHORE THURSDAY NIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER LOW WILL SWEEP TOWARD THE AREA NEXT MONDAY FORCING A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. .REMARKS...FOG SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS TODAY HAVE LOWERED SURFACE DEWPOINT READING AROUND 30 DEGREES. THESE READINGS MAY REBOUND TO THE MID 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WILL ONLY FALL TO THE MID 40S. A VERY SHALLOW INVERSION OF 200 METERS MAY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH AN ADDITION LARGER INVERSION FROM 600 METERS TO 1000 METERS. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........32 32 32 32 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............63 63 62 61 RH..............44 39 41 46 DEWPOINT........40 38 37 38 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NNE NNE 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N NNE NNE EYE LVL WND SPD.11 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND GST.25 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 MIX HGT (KM)....1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NNE TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 23 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 9 9 10 DISPERSION......54 54 54 54 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........14 14 14 27 27 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 54 50 48 46 43 RH..............46 52 58 64 66 70 DEWPOINT........38 37 36 36 35 34 20 FT WIND......NNE 9 NNE 9 NNE 9 NE 9 NE 9 ENE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 EYE LEVEL WIND..NNE 9 NNE 9 NNE 9 NE 9 NE 9 ENE 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 2600 1500 1000 1000 900 MIX HGT (M).....790 790 460 300 300 270 TRANSPORT WIND..NNE 23 NNE 23 NE 23 NE 23 NE 23 ENE 24 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNE 10 NNE 10 NE 10 NE 10 NE 10 ENE 11 DISPERSION......51 51 38 21 21 22 LVORI...........1 1 1 2 3 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........78 78 78 78 78 78 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 48 54 58 61 60 RH..............72 58 46 40 38 42 DEWPOINT........34 34 34 34 35 37 20 FT WIND......ENE 10 ENE 10 E 10 E 10 E 10 E 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 EYE LEVEL WIND..ENE 10 ENE 10 E 10 E 10 E 10 E 9 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1500 2500 3300 3300 3100 MIX HGT (M).....460 460 760 1010 1010 940 TRANSPORT WIND..ENE 25 ENE 25 E 22 E 18 E 18 E 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).ENE 11 ENE 11 E 10 E 8 E 8 E 8 DISPERSION......28 28 29 46 46 45 LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... WARMER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH. .FRIDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130219.CREOS.01/LIX