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FNUS74 KLIX 021223
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
623 AM CST MON MAR 2 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
FOG DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUE FOR BURN
MANAGEMENT PLANNING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AREAS OF FOG WILL
DEVELOP EACH NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FOG WILL BE LIGHT
TO MODERATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT COULD TURN MORE DENSE
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEK. OUTSIDE OF THE FOG CONCERNS, MINIMUM
RH VALUES WILL INCREASE FROM 40 TO 50 PERCENT TODAY TO 60 TO
70 PERCENT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS INCREASE IN OVERALL
HUMIDITY WILL ALSO SUPPORT SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
STARTING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY, BUT MORE LIKELY FROM FRIDAY INTO
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............53 INCREASING TO 54 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1219 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............3.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 4 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........23 17 14 12 11 9 6 6 7 5 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 63 69 73 75 78 79 79 78 76 73
DEWPOINT........51 54 55 56 55 54 53 53 53 53 54
RH..............77 72 61 55 50 43 41 41 42 45 51
APARNT TMP (F)..58 63 69 73 75 78 79 79 78 76 73
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SSE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SSE S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE S S S S S S SSW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 12 10 10 8 7 7 6 6
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE S S S S S S SSW S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........4 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER
3 AM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56 INCREASING TO 59 OVERNIGHT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...70.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-396 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............6.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 4 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 6 12 19 22 26 44 61 70 75 79 79
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 68 67 65 65 64 63 62 61 61 60 60
DEWPOINT........55 54 55 55 57 57 58 59 59 60 60 60
RH..............59 61 65 70 75 78 84 90 93 97 100 100
APARNT TMP (F)..70 68 67 65 65 64 63 62 61 61 60 60
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE S S S S S S S SSE SSE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 12 13 13 13 13 12 10 9 9
TRANS WIND DIR..S SSE S S S S S S S SSE SSE S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 9 9
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN PATCHY FOG EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............61.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...396-1737 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............6.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........83 76 66 56 50 44 39 36 34 32 27 23
WEATHER COV.....ARS PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 63 68 72 75 77 79 80 80 80 78 76
DEWPOINT........60 61 62 63 63 63 63 62 62 61 61 62
RH..............100 93 81 73 66 62 58 54 54 52 56 62
APARNT TMP (F)..60 63 68 72 75 77 79 81 81 81 78 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 10 12 12 12 13 14 14 13 12
EYE LVL WND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.3 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
LVORI...........10 8 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...BANNAN
REQUESTED BY...CHARLES BOLT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604457.0/LIX
.DELDT 03/02/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHARLES.BOLT@USDA.GOV
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