FNUS74 KLIX 202048 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT G-08S...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 348 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHERLY WINDS AND HUMID CONDITIONS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE NEXT SUBSTANTIAL RAIN CHANCE IS ON WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. 1. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. 2. BASED ON SATELLITE...IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS AT LAST SOME CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEAR (0-20) AND PARTLY CLOUDY (20-60) IS NEGLIGIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO FORECAST VERIFICATION. 3. YES...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OR CALM NEAR DAY BREAK. WITH CALM WINDS THERE IS NO PRESSURE GRADIENT SO ANY MOVEMENT WOULD BE DOMINATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL EFFECTS. 4. WITH ONLY A ROUGHLY 30% CHANCE OF RAIN BOTH DAYS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON WHERE ACTUAL SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT MORE THAN A FEW HOURS AHEAD OF TIME WITH WEAK SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE ONE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA WED/THURS. REMEMBER THAT THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE THAT NO RAIN WILL BE RECORDED THAN MEASURABLE RAIN WILL OCCUR. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........34 35 35 35 39 39 39 50 50 60 70 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............82 80 79 77 75 74 73 74 71 70 69 69 RH..............67 72 77 82 87 87 90 84 93 97 100 100 DEWPOINT........70 70 71 71 71 70 70 69 69 69 69 69 20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 MIX HGT (KM)....1.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 DISPERSION......57 27 27 27 17 20 11 13 10 10 9 6 LVORI...........2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........70 56 43 43 28 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 73 80 84 85 84 RH..............100 87 72 59 57 59 DEWPOINT........69 69 70 68 68 68 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 2 SSE 4 SSE 6 SSE 6 SSE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....800 2100 4100 4100 5600 5000 MIX HGT (M).....240 640 1250 1250 1710 1520 TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 S 13 S 13 S 13 SSE 14 SSE 14 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 SSE 6 SSE 6 DISPERSION......6 6 8 48 60 57 LVORI...........7 5 3 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 .TUESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........35 35 33 33 43 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............82 79 75 73 71 69 RH..............63 69 82 87 93 97 DEWPOINT........68 68 69 69 69 68 20 FT WIND......SSE 6 SSE 6 S 5 S 5 S 4 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....5000 3500 1900 1900 1000 1000 MIX HGT (M).....1520 1070 580 580 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..SSE 14 S 15 S 16 S 16 S 17 S 13 TRAN WIND (M/S).SSE 6 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 8 S 6 DISPERSION......57 52 40 11 12 8 LVORI...........1 2 3 5 5 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130520.CPTG0.02/LIX