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FNUS74 KLIX 290959
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR TPIC INSITU BURN...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
459 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 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
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
3 INCHES THAT WOULD HELP WET MOST FUELS. LOWEST DAILY RH VALUES
WILL BE IN THE 55 TO 65 PERCENT RANGE TODAY WITH AN INCREASE
SUNDAY INTO THE START OF THE NEW WEEK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...99.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 13 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........LESS THAN 1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........0 SECONDS INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS EARLY IN THE
MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 1 SECONDS LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CEILING (KFT).......10 INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........48 52 44 52 56 65 63 69 62 65 47 49
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 30 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 10 10
TEMP............80 79 82 83 86 87 88 89 88 89 90 88
RH..............85 88 82 80 72 68 63 61 66 61 60 66
APARNT TMP (F)..85 79 89 91 96 96 97 98 98 98 99 98
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 13 13 13
SFC WND DIR.....N N N NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE NE NE NE
SFC WND SPD KTS.6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
SFC WND GST.....10 12 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 13 13 13
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NNE NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N NNE NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
WAVE PERIOD (S).0 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 1 1 0 0
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 25 25 25 25
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...96.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 10
TO 12 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHEAST 4 TO 5 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
EAST.
WAVE HEIGHT.........LESS THAN 1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........0 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 10 OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........57 58 53 48 27 29 29 41 41 38 23 41
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 30 40 40 40 50
TEMP............87 85 83 82 82 81 81 81 81 81 80 80
RH..............68 72 77 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 85 85
APARNT TMP (F)..96 94 90 89 89 87 87 87 87 87 85 85
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE E ENE ENE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 12 12 13 12 12 10 10 10 9 9
SFC WND DIR.....NE NE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE E ENE ENE
SFC WND SPD KTS.8 7 6 6 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
SFC WND GST.....13 13 12 12 13 12 12 10 10 10 9 9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE ENE NE ENE ENE E NE E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12
TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE NE ENE NE ENE ENE E NE E E E
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
WAVE PERIOD (S).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 10
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS LIKELY
THROUGH THE DAY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...99.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).EAST WINDS 6 TO 7 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7
TO 10 KNOTS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........LESS THAN 1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........3 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 DECREASING TO 9.0 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 10 EARLY IN THE MORNING
DECREASING TO 9.0 LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7
TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........28 50 57 44 57 55 70 75 72 72 67 62
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 60 50 70 70 60 50 60 60 30 30 30
TEMP............80 79 81 82 85 86 87 87 87 89 88 87
RH..............85 91 88 82 75 70 68 68 68 64 66 68
APARNT TMP (F)..85 79 88 89 94 95 96 96 96 99 98 96
20 FT WIND DIR..ENE ENE E SE SSE SSE S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 12 12 14 14 15 15 15 14 15
SFC WND DIR.....ENE ENE E SE SSE SSE S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC WND SPD KTS.6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9
SFC WND GST.....10 10 12 12 12 14 14 15 15 15 14 15
TRANSP WIND DIR.E ESE SE SE S SE SE SE SSE S SE ESE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 13 12
TRANS WIND DIR..E ESE SE SE S SE SE SE SSE S SE ESE
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5
WAVE PERIOD (S).0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...10 9.0 10 9.0 9.0
FORECASTER...ERICKSON
REQUESTED BY...BRANDI TODD
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2620808.2/LIX
.DELDT 08/29/26
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