FNUS74 KLIX 181042 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR SMI572...NOAA HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 542 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE LEVELS WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY YIELD ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTH GULF TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATE THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........68 68 66 66 66 66 66 66 50 50 50 50 50 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RNF TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............65 66 68 69 71 73 74 76 77 79 79 77 76 RH..............100 100 97 90 90 84 79 79 74 69 69 69 71 DEWPOINT........65 65 65 66 66 66 67 67 67 66 66 66 65 20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSW SSW SSW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.13 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 18 18 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 DISPERSION......14 26 26 26 31 52 52 56 56 56 62 62 62 LVORI...........5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........50 46 46 46 54 54 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 71 67 64 62 61 RH..............71 79 87 93 93 90 DEWPOINT........65 64 63 62 60 58 20 FT WIND......SW 7 SW 6 WSW 5 W 5 WNW 6 NNW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 2800 2300 2300 2100 1900 MIX HGT (M).....1010 850 700 700 640 580 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 18 SW 16 W 16 W 16 WNW 16 NW 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 8 SW 7 W 7 W 7 WNW 7 NW 7 DISPERSION......62 49 48 22 22 18 LVORI...........3 3 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........54 42 42 42 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 63 67 71 74 75 RH..............90 75 63 53 46 41 DEWPOINT........57 55 54 53 52 50 20 FT WIND......NNE 9 NE 10 NE 10 ENE 8 ENE 8 ENE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 2100 2600 2600 3100 3200 MIX HGT (M).....580 640 790 790 940 980 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 16 N 15 NE 15 NE 15 ENE 15 ENE 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 7 N 7 NE 7 NE 7 ENE 7 ENE 7 DISPERSION......18 20 20 44 49 53 LVORI...........4 3 2 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .THURSDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...KYLE JELLISON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20130318.SMI57.01/LIX