FNUS74 KLIX 281202 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT SULPHUR...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 602 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING LOWER RH/S TO THE AREA TODAY. GENERALLY DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS NWRLY FLOW PERSISTS. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH SATURDAY BRINGING STRONG WINDS AND EVEN DRIER AIR. MOISTURE WILL TRY TO RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........30 13 13 13 13 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 51 52 52 53 54 55 56 56 57 56 55 RH..............66 63 59 56 52 48 47 45 45 43 45 49 DEWPOINT........40 39 38 37 36 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW NW NW NW NW NNW 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 2.2 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 18 14 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 17 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 DISPERSION......37 37 37 39 52 52 68 68 51 56 56 56 LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEA STATE.......CH 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 (%).........20 20 20 20 20 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 52 51 49 48 47 RH..............50 56 59 63 63 65 DEWPOINT........36 37 37 37 36 36 20 FT WIND......NNW 10 NNW 10 NNW 10 NNW 9 NNW 9 NNW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 4000 2300 1800 1800 1000 MIX HGT (M).....1220 1220 700 550 550 300 TRANSPORT WIND..NNW 20 NNW 20 NNW 16 NNW 20 NNW 20 NNW 15 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNW 9 NNW 9 NNW 7 NNW 9 NNW 9 NNW 7 DISPERSION......23 23 25 18 18 10 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........24 24 24 49 49 49 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 49 51 53 54 54 RH..............68 61 56 50 48 48 DEWPOINT........36 36 36 35 35 35 20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 9 NW 9 WNW 9 NW 10 NW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....900 900 3600 4000 4000 4000 MIX HGT (M).....270 270 1100 1220 1220 1220 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 17 NW 17 NW 15 WNW 17 WNW 17 NW 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 8 NW 8 NW 7 WNW 8 WNW 8 NW 8 DISPERSION......15 15 46 53 53 58 LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH CH .LEGEND XR = EXTREMELY ROUGH VR = VERY ROUGH RO = ROUGH CH = CHOPPY LC = LIGHT CHOP $$ FORECASTER...EFFERSON REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130228.PORTS.01/LIX