FNUS74 KLIX 301417 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR SEARCH RESCUE...COAST GUARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 917 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA AGAIN TODAY AS A MOIST AIRMASS IS CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA. THE PRIME TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FROM 1 PM THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. MAIN RISKS WITH STORMS WOULD BE LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WINDS IN AND AROUND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN WILL BE ELEVATED AGAIN TODAY WITH WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASE TO THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE FOR TONIGHT. WAVE HEIGHTS IN THE LAKE WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET TODAY DECREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET THIS EVENING. THE WEAKENING TREND IN WIND... WAVES AND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........62 62 62 80 80 80 80 80 80 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............79 81 82 82 82 83 83 83 82 RH..............82 79 74 72 72 72 72 74 74 DEWPOINT........72 72 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..11 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.23 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 TRANS SPD (M/S).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 DISPERSION......29 54 54 64 64 64 64 64 64 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........80 69 69 69 69 69 69 51 51 51 51 51 WEATHER COV.....SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............82 81 80 79 79 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 RH..............74 77 79 82 82 85 85 85 87 87 87 87 DEWPOINT........73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 20 FT WIND DIR..ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 23 23 20 20 20 15 15 15 14 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).10 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 DISPERSION......64 61 61 61 49 49 26 20 20 20 19 19 LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........51 56 56 56 56 56 56 62 62 62 62 62 WEATHER COV.....ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............76 76 77 78 79 80 81 81 81 82 82 81 RH..............90 90 87 82 79 77 74 74 74 72 72 74 DEWPOINT........73 73 73 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 20 FT WIND DIR..SSE S SSE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE SE SE SSE SSE TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 DISPERSION......19 17 17 17 20 39 39 51 51 51 52 52 LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...JIMMY SCOTT TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20130530.SEARC.01/LIX