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FNUS74 KLIX 171920
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR RX O-16W...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
220 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 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 STORMS SHOULD MAINLY BE LIMITED TO AREAS WEST OF THE
I-55 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY, SPREADING EASTWARD
TOWARD THE I- 59 CORRIDOR MIDWEEK, AND THEN BECOMING MORE
AREA-WIDE THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS
FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS VARY FROM 2-3 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
AREAS TO LESS THAN AN INCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST, THOUGH OBVIOUSLY POINT-SPECIFIC
TOTALS WILL DEPEND ON EXACT LOCATIONS OF ANY HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS.
PLEASE UPDATE ON FOG PROBABILITIES INTENSITY AND DURATION OVERNIGHT
INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
THERE IS A NEAR ZERO PERCENT CHANCE OF FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT
INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............69.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...87.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...853-1036 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 14 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH AROUND 6 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............2.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 49 45
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0
TEMP............83 82 81
DEWPOINT........69 69 69
RH..............63 65 67
APARNT TMP (F)..87 85 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 17
MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 0.9 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 14
TRANS WIND DIR..S SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6
LVORI...........1 1 3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............69.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...84.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-732 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............4.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........36 51 49 65 56 61 55 52 47 51 51 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............81 78 75 74 73 73 73 73 73 72 72 72
DEWPOINT........69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69
RH..............67 74 82 84 87 87 87 87 87 90 90 90
APARNT TMP (F)..84 78 75 74 73 73 73 73 73 72 72 72
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
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 SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
LVORI...........1 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............71.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...92.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-1036 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............3.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........73 66 63 56 49 64 48 38 34 28 40 50
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 10 10 10 0
TEMP............71 72 75 77 81 83 84 84 84 84 85 83
DEWPOINT........69 70 71 72 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73
RH..............93 93 87 85 74 70 67 70 70 70 67 72
APARNT TMP (F)..71 72 75 77 85 88 90 90 90 90 92 89
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 9 10 13 13 14 13 14 14 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 17 18 20 21 21 21 22 21 21 21
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 13 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 16 16
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 3 3
FORECASTER...FRYE
REQUESTED BY...SAMI GRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/17/26
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