FNUS74 KLIX 142219 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-07-02...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 519 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. IT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD IN TIME WHICH SHOULD ALLOW WINDS TO BECOME MORE CONSISTENT DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS THOUGH NOT VERY STRONG. RH/S WILL SLOWLY RECOVER AS WELL. 1. PLEASE INCLUDE A FOG POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR TONIGHT, TOMORROW MORNING, TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THURSDAY MORNING. SOME PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP IN THE VALLEYS NEAR THE RIVER STARTING AROUND 2 AM TO 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT WE DO NOT ANTICIPATED WIDESPREAD OR DENSE FOG. 2. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF WIND GOING CALM OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT IF IT DOES, WILL THE MOVEMENT OF SMOKE BE DETERMINED BY TOPOGRAPHY OR BY PRESSURE GRADIENT FLOW. CALM WINDS ARE DEFINITE TONIGHT. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 2 4 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. THERE MAY BE SOME PERIODS OF NEAR CALM WINDS WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER SUNSET THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 3. SHOULD WE EXPECT A SEABREEZE TOMORROW IF SO, WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST GUSTS WE SHOULD EXPECT TODAY AND YESTERDAY IT SEEMS THE SEABREEZE DIDNT REALLY KICK IN UNTIL LATE AFTERNOONWILL THAT HAPPEN AGAIN TOMORROW WILL IT HAVE AN EFFECT ON WIND DIRECTION SEABREEZE IS EXPECTED TO WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 15 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED BUT SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN 7 AND 10 KNOTS. 4. WE NOTICED SOME SW AND W WIND AT VARIOUS REPORTING STATIONS ALONG THE COAST TODAY. IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF A SW OR W WIND AT OUR LOCATION TOMORROW THIS WOULD CREATE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BURN CPT G-02. THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF TODAY AND CIRCULATION AROUND THIS FEATURE YIELDED A SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. HOWEVER ON WEDNESDAY...THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE SITUATED FROM NORTH FLORIDA TO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE GENERAL SYNOPTIC FLOW WILL YIELD A MORE SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........13 13 5 5 5 5 5 11 11 11 11 11 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............81 79 74 69 64 63 61 59 59 58 58 58 57 RH..............42 51 63 78 84 90 93 93 90 90 90 93 96 DEWPOINT........54 55 56 57 58 58 58 57 56 55 55 55 56 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 3.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 MIX HGT (KM)....1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 3 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 DISPERSION......25 25 25 25 25 9 9 4 3 3 3 2 2 LVORI...........2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........11 20 20 20 28 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 63 73 79 80 81 RH..............96 78 55 44 42 42 DEWPOINT........56 56 56 55 55 56 20 FT WIND......S 0 S 1 SSE 4 SSE 6 SSE 6 SSE 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....500 300 3800 3800 3800 2600 MIX HGT (M).....150 90 1160 1160 1160 790 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 3 WSW 2 SSW 6 SSW 6 SSE 10 SSE 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 1 WSW 1 SSW 3 SSW 3 SSE 4 SSE 5 DISPERSION......2 1 3 26 46 41 LVORI...........7 4 3 2 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130514.CPTG0.01/LIX