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Spot Forecast for Miller Tank Fire...County EM
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
856 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 CDT on May 03.
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...

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 30 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Temperature.........72 at forecast start...Max 80.
RH..................87 percent at forecast start...Min 71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds east at 6 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise Southeast winds 6 to 7 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 2900
                    ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...1600 meters AGL at forecast start...otherwise
                    488-884 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 4 to 5 meters/second.
Dispersion index....25 increasing to 30 late in the afternoon, then
                    decreasing to 21 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  69  76  66  59  64  57  58
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............40  40  40  40  40  40  30  30
Temp............72  74  76  77  78  79  79  79
RH..............87  82  76  79  74  72  74  72
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.8   8   10  8   8   10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  9   10  9   12  12
Trans wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5
Dispersion idx..20  24  27  29  31  31  29  21
LVORI...........M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

$$
Forecaster...CHATELAIN
Requested by...EM
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2413087.0/SHV
.DELDT 05/03/24
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
.EMAIL travis.loehr@millercountyar