364  
FNUS74 KSHV 222355  
FWSSHV  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FAIRFIELD...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
555 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 CST ON FEBRUARY 23.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (318) 631-3669 EXT. 241, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE AT 10-15 MPH WITH SOME  
GRADUAL SLACKENING OF WIND SPEEDS BELOW 10 MPH. IN CONCERT WITH  
THAT CHANGE, RH VALUES WILL INCREASE FROM THEIR AFTERNOON MINIMUMS  
INTO THE 30-40 PERCENT RANGE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. /16/  
   
MONDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT FORECAST START...MIN 30.  
RH..................29 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MAX 69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 2 MPH AT FORECAST  
START...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE 300 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 6  
TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH AROUND 3 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
LVORI...............3.  
DISPERSION INDEX....5.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........3 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 9 13  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............51 46 43 41 39 38 37 35 34 32 31 30  
RH..............29 35 39 44 48 50 52 56 58 63 66 69  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND MPH..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8  
TRANS WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4  
DISPERSION IDX..3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 8  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.  
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 22 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17  
TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 9 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 8 TO 9 METERS/SECOND IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
DISPERSION INDEX....13 INCREASING TO 28 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 44 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 65 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 80  
DECREASING TO 67 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 44.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........18 17 16 15 19 22 26 27 28 29 35 42  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............31 34 38 43 49 54 59 62 64 65 64 62  
RH..............66 61 54 47 39 34 29 27 27 28 31 38  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND MPH..3 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 22  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.4 2.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 21 20 17  
TRANS WIND DIR..SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8  
DISPERSION IDX..10 10 11 16 28 44 62 68 78 81 67 44  
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
TUESDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.  
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH IN  
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 6 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.  
LVORI...............4.  
DISPERSION INDEX....12.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........48 46 45 43 46 48 51 55 59 63 68 74  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............60 58 56 54 53 53 53 53 52 53 53 53  
RH..............44 51 57 64 71 74 80 83 89 89 93 93  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND MPH..8 8 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 20 20 18 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 13 13 14  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6  
DISPERSION IDX..14 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 9 8 9 15  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 5  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76.  
RH..................MIN 52 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 22  
TO 29 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 7 TO 13 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO 8 TO  
11 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 METERS/SECOND IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
DISPERSION INDEX....18 INCREASING TO 28 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 40 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 54 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 72  
INCREASING TO 89 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 68 DECREASING TO 44 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........79 75 72 68 70 71 73 72 72 71 70 69  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............54 56 60 63 67 71 74 75 76 76 75 73  
RH..............93 90 84 78 70 64 57 56 52 52 54 59  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND MPH..6 7 8 9 10 10 12 13 13 13 12 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 21 23 24 25 26 28 28 28 26 25  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.2 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.0 3.7 2.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 20 22 25 28 29 29 28 25 22  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 13 13 11 10  
DISPERSION IDX..16 20 28 40 54 72 85 92 92 85 68 44  
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...CASSEL  
REQUESTED BY...CATAHOULA  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2603514.0/SHV  
.DELDT 02/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ROBERT.DINTAMAN@USDA.GOV  
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