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FNUS74 KLIX 160635
FWSLIX

Spot Forecast for Desoto Block 8374 South...USFS
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
135 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024

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...

Expect light northwesterly winds to become southerly and RH to
increase starting Thursday with rain chances highest on Friday and
lingering into Saturday. High pressure then rebuilds back in and
we get hotter and drier into next week.

Remarks...
The chance of fog development this morning is around 10%, thus
not likely. If it does develop, it`ll be isolated with density in
the 2sm to 4sm range.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Dewpoint............65.
Max apparent temp...92.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...884-1280 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 9 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 2 to 4 meters/second.
LVORI...............2.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........6      14     29     55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............82     87     89     88
Dewpoint........66     65     66     65
RH..............58     48     47     47
Aparnt tmp (F)..84     89     91     90
20 FT wind dir..SE     SSE    SSE    SSE
20 FT wind spd..2      3      6      7
20 FT wind gust.5      8      10     13
Mix hgt (m).....880    880    1280   1160
Transp wind dir.SSE    SSE    SSE    SSE
Transp wind spd.6      6      5      9
Trans wind dir..SSE    SSE    SSE    SSE
Trans spd (m/s).3      3      2      4
LVORI...........2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight. Chance of showers
                    overnight. Chance of thunderstorms after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Dewpoint............66 increasing to 68 overnight.
Max apparent temp...86.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming southeast 5 to 7
                    mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height (m)...152-1158 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 5 meters/second.
LVORI...............4.
Rainfall amount.....1.53 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........77     79     85     74     86     80
Weather cov.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     30     50     50
Temp............85     77     74     73     72     71
Dewpoint........64     67     68     69     69     68
RH..............51     71     81     87     90     90
Aparnt tmp (F)..86     77     74     73     72     71
20 FT wind dir..SSE    SSE    SSE    S      E      ESE
20 FT wind spd..6      6      3      3      5      7
20 FT wind gust.13     12     10     10     12     15
Mix hgt (m).....1160   400    150    150    150    180
Transp wind dir.SSE    S      S      S      S      SSE
Transp wind spd.9      12     9      9      12     9
Trans wind dir..SSE    S      S      S      S      SSE
Trans spd (m/s).4      5      4      4      5      4
LVORI...........2      3      5      6      5      6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
                    Showers and thunderstorms likely in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Dewpoint............71 increasing to 75 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Max apparent temp...94.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the morning and early
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...183-884 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph increasing to around 20 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 9 meters/second.
LVORI...............5.
Rainfall amount.....0.43 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........79     78     74     71     70     75
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
Chc of pcpn (%).40     50     50     50     70     70
Temp............71     73     79     83     84     83
Dewpoint........69     73     75     75     76     75
RH..............93     100    87     78     75     77
Aparnt tmp (F)..71     73     79     91     93     90
20 FT wind dir..ESE    SSE    S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..9      10     12     12     12     12
20 FT wind gust.18     21     22     24     24     23
Mix hgt (m).....180    240    550    550    880    880
Transp wind dir.SSE    SSE    S      S      S      S
Transp wind spd.9      14     16     16     20     20
Trans wind dir..SSE    SSE    S      S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).4      6      7      7      9      9
LVORI...........6      5      4      3      3      3

$$
Forecaster...EFFERSON
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414032.1/LIX
.DELDT 05/16/24
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.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov