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FNUS74 KLIX 171831
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAND ISLE BLOCK 59 RELEASE INLAND...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
131 PM CDT TUE MAR 17 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
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH THE FORECAST AND
WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. THIS WILL ALSO
KEEP WINDS ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH THE FORECAST AS WELL. RATHER
DRY CONDITIONS WILL KEEP MIN RH VALUES AT OR BELOW 40% FOR MOST
OF THE AREA AND MUCH OF THE REGION ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
10/12 CORRIDOR WILL BE BELOW 35%. MOISTURE DOES START TO SLOWLY
RECOVER THURSDAY WITH MIN RH VALUES GENERALLY IN THE 40S AND EVEN
IN THE 40 TO MID 50 PERCENT RANGE BY FRIDAY. NO RAIN IN THE
FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...55.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 10 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 18 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH AROUND 8 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........LESS THAN 1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........1 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 1 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............50 51 53 55
RH..............36 36 33 32
APARNT TMP (F)..46 51 53 55
20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NNE NNE NNE
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 13
SFC WND DIR.....NNE NNE NNE NNE
SFC WND SPD KTS.10 9 9 9
SFC WND GST.....14 14 13 13
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 18 17 17
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8
WAVE PERIOD (S).1 1 1 1
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...56.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHEAST 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........LESS THAN 1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........4 5 14 13 21 10 5 14 11 18 20 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 56 56 56 56 55 55 55 54 55 55 55
RH..............31 34 35 37 38 41 41 45 47 47 49 51
APARNT TMP (F)..56 56 56 56 56 55 55 55 54 55 55 55
20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 12 12 12 10 9 9 8 8 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 13 14 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 10
SFC WND DIR.....NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE NE NE
SFC WND SPD KTS.9 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 6 7
SFC WND GST.....13 14 13 14 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 10
TRANSP WIND DIR.NNE NNE NNE NNE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 14 13 12 12 10 10 9 8 8 9
TRANS WIND DIR..NNE NNE NNE NNE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
WAVE PERIOD (S).1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...62.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 10 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........LESS THAN 1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 20 14 28 15 26 41 46 48 53 46 55
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 55 56 57 58 59 59 60 61 61 62 62
RH..............53 55 55 55 55 53 57 58 56 58 56 56
APARNT TMP (F)..55 55 56 57 58 59 59 60 61 61 62 62
20 FT WIND DIR..ENE ENE ENE ENE E E E E E E ESE ESE
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 12 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 12
SFC WND DIR.....ENE ENE ENE ENE E E E E E E ESE ESE
SFC WND SPD KTS.7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
SFC WND GST.....10 10 12 12 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 12
TRANSP WIND DIR.ENE E E E E E ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9
TRANS WIND DIR..ENE E E E E E ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
WAVE PERIOD (S).1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
FORECASTER...BANNAN
REQUESTED BY...BRANDI TODD
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
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.DELDT 03/17/26
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