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Spot Forecast for Red River Army Depot Prescribed Fire...Red River Army Depot
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
642 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on March 28.
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...

Another dry afternoon across the districts under high pressure,
with RH between 30-40 percent. Southeast winds this morning
will veer after sunrise, turning south-westerly by the late
afternoon and evening. Given the influence of high pressure, 20 ft
wind speeds will be between 3-5 mph today. At the same time, mixing
heights through the forecast cycle will trend between 5000-6000 ft.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........39 at ignition...Max 70.
RH..................96 percent at ignition...Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds east at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the southwest around 6 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...400 meters AGL at ignition...otherwise 122-1676
                    meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    6 to 8 mph late in the morning.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   3   1   2   1   1   1   1   1   2   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  41  46  54  59  62  64  68  68  69  70
RH..............96  89  83  66  53  48  45  40  40  39  38
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   6   7   7   6   7   7   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.2 2.2 3.2 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.5   6   7   7   8   7   7   7   6   7   7
Trans wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).2   3   3   3   4   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 48.
RH..................Max 86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 8 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1219 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 7 mph increasing to 7 to 14 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Transport winds m/s.South 2 to 6 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   1   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   9   10  5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  67  63  57  55  53  53  51  51  50  50  49
RH..............42  45  52  64  72  74  71  77  77  80  77  80
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   4   4   4   4   5   5   6   6   6   7   6
20 FT wind gust.7   6   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   10  11  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   5   7   7   8   10  10  13  10  13  13  14
Trans wind dir..SW  S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   2   3   3   4   4   4   6   4   6   6   6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 77.
RH..................Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1494 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 21 mph increasing to 20 to 23 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 10 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   17  21  27  26  30  30  19  24  38  45  46
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  48  51  54  61  65  69  73  74  75  77  75
RH..............80  86  83  80  67  58  51  46  44  41  39  41
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   9   11  11  11  11  11  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.10  8   10  14  18  18  17  17  17  18  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.9 4.9 3.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  17  20  21  23  22  23  23  22  20
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  9

$$
Forecaster...KNAPP
Requested by...Gregory Kelley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408709.0/SHV
.DELDT 03/28/24
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
.EMAIL gregory.a.kelley5.civ@army.mil


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