797  
FNUS74 KSHV 181400  
FWSSHV  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CAT C-63/64...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
800 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CST ON FEBRUARY 18.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (318) 631-3669 EXT. 241, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY TODAY  
WITH RH VALUES DROPPING FROM 90% INTO THE 55-60% RANGE BY THIS  
AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS WILL START OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WITH  
OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHERLY DURING THE  
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE BUT  
COMFORTABLE, WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S  
BY THE AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........70 71 79 79 75 73 73 71 72 75  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............62 66 69 71 73 76 76 77 78 76  
RH..............93 87 78 73 68 62 60 58 56 60  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S  
20 FT WIND MPH..6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 12 12 12 16 12 12 12 10  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 18 18 17 16 15 15 16 14 14  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........74 66 66 73 65 70 74 80 88 92 94 94  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............73 71 68 67 66 65 65 64 64 64 64 63  
RH..............66 73 78 81 84 90 90 97 97 97 97 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND MPH..7 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 8 8  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 18 18 16 16 13 12 12 12 12  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........92 85 80 75 72 66 63 63 64 64 66 69  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............65 65 68 70 72 75 77 78 79 80 79 77  
RH..............97 97 90 87 81 71 67 64 60 58 60 64  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S  
20 FT WIND MPH..6 8 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 14 17 18 20 20 21 21 20 17 14  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 17 21 23 25 26 28 29 28 25 22  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 11 10  
 

 
FORECASTER...CRUMBACHER  
REQUESTED BY...CATAHOULA  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2602946.1/SHV  
.DELDT 02/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL SHANE.MARTIN@USDA.GOV,ROBERT.DINTAMAN@USDA.GOV,EDWARD.HARDESTY@USDA.GOV  
 
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