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Spot Forecast for Oaklawn...USFWS
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
630 AM CDT Thu May 23 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...

High pressure will remain over the region through the end of the
weekend. Min RH values will remain around the 40 to 60 percent
range the rest of this week. The next chance of rain will be on
Tuesday.

.QUESTIONS...

1. Chances for fog/inversion formation, if any, with duration and
coverage.

Not seeing strong indications for fog in the forecast time period.

Inversion well aloft will begin around 4,500ft, rising to 6,500ft
following mixing this afternoon. Chance for a weak inversion right
above the surface early Friday. Same inversion Friday at the same
heights but slightly weaker.

2. Next chance for measurable rainfall

Next chance for measurable rainfall will come on Tuesday, with
light amounts around 0.05 to 0.10" with locally higher possible.

3. Tide times/range nearest this location.

RIGOLETS...LAKE BORGNE
Today:
HI    151 PM    STAGE    0.9
Friday:
LO   1221 AM    STAGE   -0.0    HI    245 PM    STAGE    0.9

4. Lake/land breeze development if any thru the next 36 hours.

There are indications of a lakebreeze later today, which may
transition winds more from the SSE to SE and increase. Timing 3PM
- 6PM. Another chance of a lake breeze Friday which may cause the
winds to shift from the S to SSW in the mid/late afternoon.

5. Sunset

7:52PM CDT.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Dewpoint............72.
Max apparent temp...98.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...152-1219 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
LVORI...............4.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........78  66  43  37  53  47  51  55  44  48  36  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............72  73  75  78  82  84  85  87  88  88  89  87
Dewpoint........70  70  71  73  73  73  73  74  74  74  74  74
RH..............93  90  87  85  74  70  67  65  63  63  61  65
Aparnt tmp (F)..72  73  75  78  87  90  92  95  97  97  98  95
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..5   3   5   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  12  12  13  14  14  15  15  16  16
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SSE
Transp wind spd.9   14  14  14  12  12  12  8   8   8   10  10
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SSE
Trans spd (m/s).4   6   6   6   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
LVORI...........5   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Dewpoint............74.
Max apparent temp...94.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height (m)...213-1189 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
LVORI...............5.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........52  54  44  51  41  51  46  51  45  56  62  62
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............86  85  81  80  79  78  77  77  76  76  75  76
Dewpoint........74  75  75  74  75  75  74  75  74  73  73  74
RH..............68  72  82  82  88  91  90  94  94  90  94  94
Aparnt tmp (F)..94  94  87  84  79  78  77  77  76  76  75  76
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   8   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.16  16  15  14  13  13  12  12  12  10  12  10
Mix hgt (km)....1.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  12  12  14  14  14  13  13  13  10  10
Trans wind dir..SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   4   4
LVORI...........3   3   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Dewpoint............74.
Max apparent temp...100.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph early in
                    the morning.
Mixing height (m)...274-1158 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
LVORI...............4.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  49  32  22  23  23  21  18  14  10  6   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  76  77  80  84  86  88  89  90  90  91  90
Dewpoint........73  73  75  76  75  74  74  74  74  73  73  73
RH..............94  90  94  88  74  68  64  61  59  57  56  59
Aparnt tmp (F)..75  76  77  86  92  94  96  98  99  99  100 98
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.10  12  12  13  14  15  15  16  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.10  12  12  12  13  13  13  12  12  12  12  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).4   5   5   5   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
LVORI...........5   4   5   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...GILMORE
Requested by...chris le rouge
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414965.0/LIX
.DELDT 05/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL grant_lovato@fws.gov,chris_lerouge@fws.gov