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FNUS74 KLIX 231747
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAND ISLE BLOCK 59 RELEASE INLAND...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1247 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 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
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE LIMITED AS MOISTURE
CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE VERY HIGH,
STRUGGLING TO DROP BELOW 80% SOME DAYS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND BEYOND. OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS
VARY FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...89.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 KNOTS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 13 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 5 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......3.5 INCREASING TO 8.5 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON,
THEN DECREASING TO 7.3 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 5.8 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........28 49 55 49
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 30
TEMP............81 82 80 81
RH..............88 82 88 85
APARNT TMP (F)..88 89 86 87
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 13 12
SFC WND DIR.....SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC WND SPD KTS.8 9 9 9
SFC WND GST.....10 12 13 12
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SSE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 5 6
WAVE PERIOD (S).2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)1 1 1 1
CEILING (KFT)...3.5 8.5 7.3 5.8
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...90.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 9 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE 8
TO 12 KNOTS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......4.5 DECREASING TO 1.1 IN THE EVENING, THEN
INCREASING TO 11 LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING
TO 8.5 OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO 1.3 INCREASING
TO 10 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE EVENING.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........68 62 76 57 62 64 62 59 61 64 61 61
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 40 30 20 10 20 20 30 30 30 40 30
TEMP............81 81 81 81 81 82 82 82 82 81 81 81
RH..............85 85 88 85 88 85 85 85 85 87 87 87
APARNT TMP (F)..87 87 88 87 88 90 90 90 90 89 89 89
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 9 9 10 10 12 13 14 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 10 12 12 13 14 16 16 16 16 16
SFC WND DIR.....S SE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE
SFC WND SPD KTS.9 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 12 12
SFC WND GST.....12 12 10 12 12 13 14 16 16 16 16 16
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE SSE SE ESE ESE E SE ESE SE SE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 15 14 14 14
TRANS WIND DIR..S SSE SSE SE ESE ESE E SE ESE SE SE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 6 6 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 0 0 0 1 1 1
CEILING (KFT)...4.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 11 8.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 10
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SHOWERS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...89.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 11 KNOTS SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 10 KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 12 TO
14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH AROUND 6 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 5 TO 6 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 5 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
WAVE PERIOD.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......9.5 DECREASING TO 3.5 EARLY IN THE MORNING,
THEN DECREASING TO 1.3 EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 3.5 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 9.0 DECREASING TO 5.2 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1.3 INCREASING TO 3.3
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE 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 (%).........72 71 59 64 60 74 76 83 81 83 86 82
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 60 60 60 80 80 80 90 80 60 60 60
TEMP............80 82 81 80 79 79 79 79 79 79 80 79
RH..............90 86 85 87 91 91 88 87 89 86 84 86
APARNT TMP (F)..87 89 87 86 83 83 83 84 84 84 85 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SE SE SE SSE SSE S SE SSE NW N E
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14
SFC WND DIR.....SSE SE SE SE SSE SSE S SE SSE NW N E
SFC WND SPD KTS.11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC WND GST.....16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S SSE S NNW N WSW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 12 12
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S SSE S NNW N WSW
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
WAVE PERIOD (S).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
CEILING (KFT)...9.5 3.5 1.3 1.3 3.5 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 5.2 1.3 3.3
FORECASTER...EFFERSON
REQUESTED BY...BRANDI TODD
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2613995.9/LIX
.DELDT 05/23/26
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