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FNUS74 KLIX 080844
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAND ISLE BLOCK 59 RELEASE INLAND...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
344 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
WE CAN BE REACHED AT (985) 649-0357 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL
IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10/12 CORRIDOR. A
COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE
SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS
MOVING IN BEHIND IT TO START THE NEXT WORK WEEK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST 8 TO 9 KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.4 INCREASING TO 2.5 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 13 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST 10 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........87 89 89 82 67 71 64 79 73 81 72 89 90
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............77 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78
RH..............94 97 94 94 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 94
APARNT TMP (F)..77 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE S S SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 10 12 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13
SFC WND DIR.....SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE S S SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC WND SPD KTS.6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
SFC WND GST.....9 10 10 12 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SE ESE SE SSE SSE S S S S S SSE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 8 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 12
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SE ESE SE SSE SSE S S S S S SSE S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
WAVE PERIOD (S).1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CEILING (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.5 4.5 13 13
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 11 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 15 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 5 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 DECREASING TO 3.5 EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
DECREASING TO 1.1 LATE IN THE EVENING
INCREASING TO 7.3 AFTER 3 AM DECREASING TO 5.8.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........88 83 89 81 69 83 87 90 85 88 89 87
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 10 10 20 20 20 10 20 20 10 10
TEMP............77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77
RH..............97 97 97 97 94 94 97 94 94 97 94 100
APARNT TMP (F)..77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE ESE SE SE SE SSE SSE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 15 15
SFC WND DIR.....SE SE SE ESE SE SE SE SSE SSE S S S
SFC WND SPD KTS.8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 10
SFC WND GST.....12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 15 15
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SE SE SE SE SSE S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 13 14 13 14 14 14 15 15 14
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SE SE SE SE SSE S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6
WAVE PERIOD (S).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
CEILING (KFT)...11 10 3.5 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.3 3.3 5.3 7.3 5.8
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......2.7 INCREASING TO 9.0 LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........62 63 66 65 58 57 68 58 66 65 46 58
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 30 30 30 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
TEMP............78 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 77
RH..............94 94 94 97 94 94 94 97 94 94 94 94
APARNT TMP (F)..78 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 77
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SSW SSW SW SW SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9
SFC WND DIR.....S S S SSW SSW SW SW SW S S S S
SFC WND SPD KTS.9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
SFC WND GST.....14 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SSW S SSW SSW SSW S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 10 10 12 10 12 10 9 8 8 8
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SSW S SSW SSW SSW S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
WAVE PERIOD (S).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...4.2 2.7 4.3 5.9 7.5 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.3 11 11 11
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7
SUNDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
MONDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
MID 70S. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
TUESDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH.
WEDNESDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
THURSDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
FORECASTER...WAGNER
REQUESTED BY...BRANDI TODD
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2613000.2/LIX
.DELDT 05/08/26
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