FNUS74 KLIX 221250 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR MC...USCG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 650 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE PUSHING SOUTHEAST AND OFFSHORE ACROSS THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WHICH WILL DRAW THE FRONT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY SWEEP THROUGH ON MONDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............68 69 70 70 70 70 72 73 72 70 69 RH..............93 90 87 87 87 87 81 79 81 84 87 DEWPOINT........66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 65 65 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SSE S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SSE SSE SSE S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 15 15 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 DISPERSION......12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 15 15 15 LVORI...........5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 SEAS............5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........86 86 86 86 86 86 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 68 67 66 64 62 RH..............93 90 93 97 100 100 DEWPOINT........65 65 65 65 64 62 20 FT WIND......SSW 12 SSW 12 SSW 11 SSW 11 SW 13 SW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 1000 1100 1100 1000 MIX HGT (M).....180 180 300 340 340 300 TRANSPORT WIND..S 18 S 18 S 23 SSW 21 SSW 21 SSW 20 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 8 S 8 S 10 SSW 9 SSW 9 SSW 9 DISPERSION......17 17 29 19 19 18 LVORI...........5 4 4 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 SEAS............6 6 6 6 6 6 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........92 92 83 100 100 62 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 63 65 66 68 66 RH..............100 93 87 84 76 78 DEWPOINT........61 61 61 61 60 59 20 FT WIND......WSW 10 NW 3 NNW 2 N 6 NNW 7 NNW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 5 5 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1200 1200 1400 1200 1200 900 MIX HGT (M).....370 370 430 370 370 270 TRANSPORT WIND..SSW 17 SSW 17 SW 18 NW 8 NW 8 N 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).SSW 8 SSW 8 SW 8 NW 4 NW 4 N 7 DISPERSION......15 12 8 12 12 20 LVORI...........5 5 5 4 4 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 SEAS............5 5 5 4 4 4 SEA STATE.......CH LC LC LC LC LC NOTE...SEA STATE KEY...CH=CHOPPY LC=LIGHT CHOP $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...USCG TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130222.MC___.01/LIX