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FNUS74 KLIX 182202
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR O-05 S...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
502 PM CDT MON MAY 18 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 ARE LIMITED AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE
BACK INTO THE AREA LEADING TO GRADUALLY INCREASING RAIN CHANCES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LOWEST THIS AFTERNOON
AND TUESDAY, BECOMING MORE AREA-WIDE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS VARY FROM
4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AREAS TO LESS THAN AN INCH FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
FOR MOST OF THE AREA, FOR MOST OF THE WEEK, MINIMUM HUMIDITIES
ARE LIKELY TO BE 60 PERCENT OR HIGHER EVERY DAY.
1) PLEASE UPDATE ON THE PROBABILITY OF FOG OVERNIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANY STRONG INDICATIONS FOR FOG TUESDAY MORNING. CAN'T
RULE OUT SOME PATCHY/LIGHT GROUND FOG, BUT THE CHANCE OF DENSE FOG
IS VERY LOW.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............73.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...89.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...823 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH AROUND 7 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............3.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........33
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10
TEMP............83
DEWPOINT........73
RH..............72
APARNT TMP (F)..89
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..13
20 FT WIND GUST.21
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.16
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).7
LVORI...........3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............71.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...89.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-701 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 15 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............5.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........40 42 47 62 68 65 66 77 76 64 66 80
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............83 81 78 77 77 77 76 76 75 75 74 74
DEWPOINT........73 73 73 72 73 72 72 72 72 71 71 70
RH..............72 77 85 85 88 85 87 87 90 87 90 87
APARNT TMP (F)..89 86 78 77 77 77 76 76 75 75 74 74
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SSE SE SSE SSE SE SE ESE
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 9 8 7 6 7 7 2 5 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 14 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SE SE SE SSE SSE SE SSE SSE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 13 13 12 13 12 12 10 10 9 9
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SE SE SE SSE SSE SE SSE SSE SE SE
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 4
LVORI...........3 3 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............71.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...92.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-1036 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 14 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............3.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........87 66 60 48 37 37 18 21 22 21 31 38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............74 73 76 79 82 84 85 86 86 86 86 85
DEWPOINT........70 70 72 72 72 72 72 72 71 72 72 72
RH..............87 90 87 79 72 67 65 63 61 63 63 65
APARNT TMP (F)..74 73 76 79 87 90 91 92 91 92 92 91
20 FT WIND DIR..E ESE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 7 8 9 10 13 12 14 13 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 12 13 14 14 13 13 14 13 13 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3
FORECASTER...FRYE
REQUESTED BY...DAVID STOESZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/18/26
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