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FNUS74 KLIX 161137
FWSLIX
SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BLOCK 0250 C-592/597...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
637 AM CDT MON MAR 16 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
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE DAY
TODAY. VERY DRY AIR IS ALSO MOVING IN AND MIMINUM RH VALUES NEAR 30
PERCENT ARE LIKELY TODAY AND NEAR 20 PERCENT TUESDAY. CRITICAL
VALUES COULD BE EXCEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY AIR WILL PERSIST
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BUT LIGHTER WINDS OF LESS THAN 10 MPH
WILL NOT SUPPORT CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THOSE DAYS.
SOME MOISTURE RECOVERY LATER IN THE WEEK IS EXPECTED AS WINDS
TURN MORE SOUTHERLY. THIS WILL ALLOW MIN RH VALUES TO RISE TO
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT. LITTLE, IF ANY RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK BEYOND THIS MORNING.
NO FOG IS EXPECTED THE NEXT 2 DAYS, AND A SEA BREEZE IS NOT
ANTICIPATED UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............39 DECREASING TO 23.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...701-1798 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 26 TO 31 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHWEST 12 TO 14 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............3.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........77 79 69 14 16 4
WEATHER COV.....S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 43 45 50 53 52
DEWPOINT........41 35 32 28 26 23
RH..............79 73 60 42 35 32
APARNT TMP (F)..40 35 37 44 53 52
20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW
20 FT WIND SPD..20 20 18 17 18 16
20 FT WIND GUST.28 28 25 24 25 23
MIX HGT (M).....700 850 1100 1460 1710 1800
TRANSP WIND DIR.NNW NNW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.30 28 29 30 30 29
TRANS WIND DIR..NNW NNW NW NW NW NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).13 13 13 13 13 13
LVORI...........4 4 3 2 2 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............23.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...30.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...427-1707 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 28 MPH BECOMING NORTH 12 TO 17
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 5 TO 9 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............3.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........28 44 60 39 23 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............51 45 43 41 39 37
DEWPOINT........23 24 25 24 23 21
RH..............33 43 49 50 52 52
APARNT TMP (F)..51 39 38 36 35 32
20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW
20 FT WIND SPD..16 13 9 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.23 17 13 9 8 8
MIX HGT (M).....1710 1010 880 910 700 460
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NNW NNW NNW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 17 14 16 14 13
TRANS WIND DIR..NW NNW NNW NNW N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).13 8 6 7 6 6
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............18.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...27.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-1554 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............2.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........2 1 1 1 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............35 33 43 50 54 56
DEWPOINT........20 19 16 16 16 17
RH..............54 56 33 25 22 21
APARNT TMP (F)..30 27 38 46 54 56
20 FT WIND DIR..NNW N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (M).....400 610 980 1220 1460 1520
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 16 16 15 15
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 6 7 7 7 7
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...WAGNER
REQUESTED BY...CLIFF WILLIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605697.2/LIX
.DELDT 03/16/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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