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FNUS74 KLIX 061857
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAND ISLE BLOCK 59 RELEASE *INLAND*...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
157 PM CDT WED MAY 6 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
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND STALL NEAR THE
COAST THURSDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST TO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY AS THE FRONT REMAINS STALLED NEAR
THE COAST. DEPENDING ON WHERE EXACTLY THE FRONT STALLS, WINDS MAY TURN
TO AN OFFSHORE DIRECTION BEFORE THE FRONT DISSIPATES OR MOVES BACK TO
THE NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND BUT A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY PUTTING AN END TO THE CURRENT ACTIVE PATTERN.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 14 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 17 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 7 TO 8 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.1 INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 17 13 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............78 79 78 79
RH..............100 97 100 97
APARNT TMP (F)..78 79 78 79
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..13 15 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 21 21
SFC WND DIR.....SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC WND SPD KTS.11 13 14 14
SFC WND GST.....17 20 21 21
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 17 17
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 8
WAVE PERIOD (S).2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)1 1 1 1
CEILING (KFT)...1.3 1.1 1.1 25
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 14 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 7 TO 9 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 0.8.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........33 24 40 18 24 29 30 36 47 52 51 47
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............78 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 79 78 78 78
RH..............97 100 100 100 97 94 97 97 94 97 97 97
APARNT TMP (F)..78 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 79 78 78 78
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT WIND SPD..16 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 17
SFC WND DIR.....S S S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW
SFC WND SPD KTS.14 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 12
SFC WND GST.....21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 17
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 18 18 20 20 20 18 17 16 15
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 7
WAVE PERIOD (S).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 15 7.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
AROUND 7 KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8
TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE NORTH AROUND 8 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8 INCREASING TO 0.9 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 1.3 LATE IN THE MORNING
DECREASING TO 0.7 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 0.8 DECREASING TO 0.7 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
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 (%).........54 62 70 60 64 72 63 77 64 80 79 81
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 30 20 20 20
TEMP............78 78 78 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77
RH..............97 97 97 100 94 100 97 97 97 97 94 94
APARNT TMP (F)..78 78 78 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77
20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SW SW SW SW WSW WSW WSW WSW W WNW NNW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 14 14 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 10
SFC WND DIR.....SSW SW SW SW SW WSW WSW WSW WSW W WNW NNW
SFC WND SPD KTS.10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
SFC WND GST.....16 15 14 14 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 10
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SSW SW SSW SW WSW WSW WSW W W WNW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 8
TRANS WIND DIR..SSW SSW SW SSW SW WSW WSW WSW W W WNW N
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 6 6 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 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7
FRIDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN
THE MID 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 13 MPH.
SUNDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
MONDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S.
TUESDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
FORECASTER...EFFERSON
REQUESTED BY...BRANDI TODD
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2612583.5/LIX
.DELDT 05/06/26
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