FNUS74 KLIX 092327 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1152...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 527 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ELEVATED WINDS THROUGH TOMORROW AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN BUILDING IN BEHIND IT. THE HIGH WILL REMAIN ROUGHLY IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........M 85 85 85 85 85 85 76 76 76 76 76 76 WEATHER COV.....M WEATHER TYPE....M TEMP............M 63 61 59 57 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 RH..............M 67 72 80 86 90 93 93 93 93 93 93 96 DEWPOINT........M 52 52 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 54 54 55 20 FT WIND DIR..M SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..M 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.M 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...M 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 MIX HGT (KM)....M 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.M SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE TRANSP WIND SPD.M 25 25 25 28 28 28 30 30 30 32 32 32 TRANS SPD (M/S).M 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 DISPERSION......M 34 34 34 31 31 31 33 33 33 35 35 62 LVORI...........M 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).M 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEA STATE.......M LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .SUNDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........73 73 73 79 79 79 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............56 60 66 73 73 72 RH..............96 87 75 62 62 64 DEWPOINT........55 56 58 59 59 59 20 FT WIND......ESE 6 SE 10 SE 12 SE 13 SE 12 SE 11 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 1400 2100 2800 2800 3300 MIX HGT (M).....430 430 640 850 850 1010 TRANSPORT WIND..SSE 33 SSE 33 SSE 35 S 35 S 35 S 33 TRAN WIND (M/S).SSE 15 SSE 15 SSE 16 S 16 S 16 S 15 DISPERSION......62 53 68 80 80 84 LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 SEA STATE.......CH CH RO RO RO CH .SUNDAY NIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........92 91 89 88 91 96 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............68 65 63 63 63 63 RH..............73 84 90 90 90 90 DEWPOINT........59 60 60 60 60 60 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9 SE 8 SSE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 1600 1400 1300 1300 1300 MIX HGT (M).....490 490 430 400 400 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SSE 33 SSE 33 S 38 S 41 S 41 S 41 TRAN WIND (M/S).SSE 15 SSE 15 S 17 S 18 S 18 S 18 DISPERSION......37 37 42 37 37 46 LVORI...........3 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH CH LC .NOTICE...SEA STATE REPRESENTS THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN BARATARIA BAY AND ADJACENT AREAS. THIS IS GIVEN FOR VESSEL TRANSIT ACROSS ANY PORTION OF BARATARIA BAY WITH FULL FETCH. .LEGEND... XR = EXTREMELY ROUGH VR = VERY ROUGH RO = ROUGH CH = CHOPPY LC = LIGHT CHOP SM = SMOOTH $$ FORECASTER...EFFERSON REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130309.DESOT.02/LIX