802
FNUS74 KSHV 231337
FWSSHV
SPOT FORECAST FOR FAIRFIELD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
737 AM CST MON FEB 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 CST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT (318) 631-3669 EXT. 241, AND LIKEWISE IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
CLEAR AND COLD THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT N WIND AS HIGH PRESSURE IS
BUILDING DOWN INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. WE WILL KEEP N/NE
ALL DAY AND SEE SOME GUSTS MIXING DOWN WITH HEATING. LOW LEVEL
FLOW IS NE 10-20 MPH FOR THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND SMOKE WILL FLY
S/SW THIS MORNING LIFTING TO NEAR 4KFT BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MIN
RH POSSIBLY TOUCHING UPPER TEENS WITH PEAK HEATING. CIRRUS CLOUDS
LATE WITH LIGHT NE/E OVERNIGHT OR CALM AT TIMES. WE WILL BE
SPINNING THE DIRECTION TO E/SE FOR TUESDAY, BUT KEEP LIGHTER FLOW.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT FORECAST START...MAX 57.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 7 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE 4200
FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 18 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 6 TO 8 METERS/SECOND.
LVORI...............2.
DISPERSION INDEX....28 INCREASING TO 43 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 65 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 81 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 59.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 2 8 6 3 2 2 2 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............37 42 45 49 51 54 56 57 57 55
RH..............50 38 32 26 23 22 20 21 21 24
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND MPH..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 10 10 12 12 12 10 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.5 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 14 16 16 18 16 16 15 14
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 6
DISPERSION IDX..28 42 43 62 67 85 77 80 63 55
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29.
RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO
9 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND AFTER 3 AM.
LVORI...............3.
DISPERSION INDEX....7.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 4 4 3 2 2 10 9 4 3 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............51 47 43 40 39 38 36 35 34 32 32 32
RH..............29 34 39 44 46 48 52 54 58 63 63 63
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND MPH..2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 3 3 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 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 E E E E SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 9
TRANS WIND DIR..N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4
DISPERSION IDX..4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 10
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.
RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20
TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 10 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO 4 TO
8 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO 10 METERS/SECOND
IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
DISPERSION INDEX....14 INCREASING TO 29 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 51 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 74 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 83
DECREASING TO 70 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 49.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 7 15 23 24 26 27 27 28 28 30 34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............30 32 37 42 47 53 58 60 63 65 63 62
RH..............69 63 56 48 42 35 30 29 29 28 32 38
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND MPH..3 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 8 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.3 2.9 3.6 4.1 4.1 3.3 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 10 13 14 16 17 20 21 22 21 20
TRANS WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 9 9
DISPERSION IDX..10 10 11 18 29 47 54 69 78 83 70 49
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...CHATELAIN
REQUESTED BY...CATAHOULA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603565.0/SHV
.DELDT 02/23/26
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