863
FNUS74 KSHV 201552
FWSSHV
SPOT FORECAST FOR CLUSTER FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
952 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 20.
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
A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES AND GRANT PARISHES
WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS WITH A
FEW SHOWERS REFORMING DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
OTHERWISE, EXPECT RH VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 40 PERCENT WITH
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT FORECAST START...MAX 67.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE 1900
FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 17 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
DISPERSION INDEX....28 DECREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........61 72 81 75 80 79 87 89
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 10 10 10 20 20 20
TEMP............64 66 66 66 66 67 65 64
RH..............43 41 41 41 45 46 49 52
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E E E NE
20 FT WIND MPH..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 18 17 16 15 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 17 16 15 13 13 12
DISPERSION IDX..26 30 32 31 28 23 22 17
LVORI...........2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 9 MPH.
LVORI...............5.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........83 90 85 86 91 87 88 84 85 87 87 79
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............62 59 58 57 57 57 57 56 56 55 55 55
RH..............58 62 67 67 69 72 69 74 77 80 83 83
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E E E E E NE E SE
20 FT WIND MPH..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E NE E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 8 7 6 5 5 3 5 6 6
DISPERSION IDX..4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 4
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 6 6
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT LATE IN THE
MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH.
LVORI...............4.
DISPERSION INDEX....9 INCREASING TO 23 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
INCREASING TO 58 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 40 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........84 87 87 84 79 67 57 49 49 50 42 52
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 40 40 40 30 30 30 10 10 10
TEMP............55 55 54 58 60 62 65 67 68 69 68 67
RH..............86 86 93 87 84 81 75 70 68 63 61 59
20 FT WIND DIR..NE N NE NE N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND MPH..2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 10 10 10 13 13 15 17 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 13 15 16
DISPERSION IDX..4 4 4 4 8 8 13 19 26 58 40 40
LVORI...........6 6 7 6 6 4 4 3 3 1 1 1
FORECASTER...MAYEAUX
REQUESTED BY...CHARLES DAVIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603331.0/SHV
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHARLES.G.DAVIS@USDA.GOV
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page