151
FNUS74 KSHV 071908
FWSSHV
SPOT FORECAST FOR RX FIRE PLANNING...D BAILEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
108 PM CST WED JAN 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON JANUARY 07.
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
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY, ALTHOUGH
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH
FRIDAY, WHICH WILL MITIGATE THE FIRE WEATHER CONCERN SOME STARTING
TOMORROW - DESPITE SOMEWHAT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY.
SOME LIGHT POCKETS OF SHOWERS, AND PERHAPS A STRAY EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORM, WILL BE AROUND THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, ALTHOUGH
MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BRING SOME BENEFICIAL
RAINFALL TO AT LEAST CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TYPICAL CHILLY JANUARY TEMPERATURES
WILL RETURN TO THE REGION, ALTHOUGH WITH DRY WEATHER AND LOWER
DAYTIME RH VALUES, THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COULD ELEVATE THE WILDFIRE CONCERN
IN AREAS NOT RECEIVING APPRECIABLE RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A
SKY (%).........22 11 12 35 61
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 72 73 74 70
RH..............55 49 48 46 55
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SE
20 FT WIND MPH..2 2 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.2 2.6 1.9 0.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 7 7 7
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 3 3
DISPERSION IDX..14 19 23 17 5
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3
TONIGHT
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
SKY (%).........62 68 65 62 71 59 68 78 87 91 94 95
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............66 63 61 59 58 58 59 58 59 60 60 61
RH..............65 72 81 87 93 96 96 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND MPH..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 9 10 12 12 13 14 15 15 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 8 9 12 12 13 13 13 13
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
DISPERSION IDX..3 3 3 3 4 4 5 8 8 8 8 14
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 7 9 8 8 8 8 5
THURSDAY
TIME (CST) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A
SKY (%).........94 96 97 84 86 95 95 91 87 78 87 91
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30
TEMP............63 62 64 65 67 69 70 72 72 73 74 72
RH..............97 100 97 100 97 90 87 81 81 79 76 81
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND MPH..6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 20 20 23 23 23 23 23 24 23 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 1.5 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 16 18 21 24 24 26 28 28 25 20
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 7 8 9 11 11 12 13 13 11 9
DISPERSION IDX..18 20 27 37 47 58 59 66 71 72 64 41
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
FORECASTER...PENDLETON
REQUESTED BY...D BAILEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/07/26
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