FNUS74 KLIX 131333 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR 9PM WILDFIRE...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 833 AM CDT WED MAR 13 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AIR WILL REINFORCE FROM THE NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION MIDDAY THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY AND THURSDAY WILL START TO RECOVER FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............58 60 61 62 63 63 64 64 64 64 RH..............56 50 46 42 38 35 34 32 32 32 DEWPOINT........41 40 39 38 36 35 34 34 34 34 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NNW NNW NNW N 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N NNW NNW NNW N EYE LVL WND SPD.10 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 EYE LVL WND GST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N NNW NNW NNW TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 15 15 16 16 16 18 18 18 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 DISPERSION......11 20 29 29 44 44 44 51 51 51 LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 9 9 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 58 53 50 48 46 RH..............31 39 48 52 56 58 DEWPOINT........33 33 34 33 33 32 20 FT WIND......N 11 N 11 N 11 N 10 N 10 NNE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 20 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 11 N 11 N 11 N 10 N 10 NNE 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..25 25 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 4500 3200 3200 2600 2300 MIX HGT (M).....1220 1370 980 980 790 700 TRANSPORT WIND..NNW 18 N 21 N 20 N 20 N 18 NNE 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNW 8 N 9 N 9 N 9 N 8 NNE 7 DISPERSION......51 60 48 26 25 22 LVORI...........1 1 1 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........9 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 47 54 59 60 61 RH..............62 58 45 33 31 31 DEWPOINT........32 33 33 30 29 30 20 FT WIND......NE 10 NE 10 ENE 10 E 6 ESE 4 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 10 NE 10 ENE 10 E 6 ESE 4 S 4 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 20 20 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 2100 2700 2700 2900 3000 MIX HGT (M).....700 640 820 820 880 910 TRANSPORT WIND..NNE 16 NE 17 ENE 15 ENE 15 ENE 5 W 2 TRAN WIND (M/S).NNE 7 NE 8 ENE 7 ENE 7 ENE 2 W 1 DISPERSION......22 23 20 45 17 9 LVORI...........2 2 2 1 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LE ROUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130313.9PMWI.01/LIX