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Spot Forecast for Grand Isle Block 59 Release INLAND...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1241 PM CDT Thu May 28 2026

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...

The wet pattern will continue to prevent fire weather concerns
with a couple additional inches of rainfall possible areawide
through the remainder of the week. Minimum RH values will be very
high, struggling to drop below 80% some days. Numerous showers
and thunderstorms are expected to continue each day. Outside of
thunderstorms winds will remain generally light, contributing to
the lack of fire weather concerns as well.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon, then chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........81 percent.
Max apparent temp...85.
Surface winds (kts).South winds around 10 knots.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South around 6 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.5 decreasing to 0.7 late in the afternoon,
                    then increasing to 0.8 late in the afternoon
                    increasing to 1.1 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 10 mph. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63  75  87  72
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  30  20
Temp............79  79  80  79
RH..............89  86  81  83
Aparnt tmp (F)..79  84  85  83
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.13  14  14  14
SFC wnd dir.....SSW SSW SSW S
SFC wnd spd kts.10  10  10  10
SFC wnd gst.....13  14  14  14
Transp wind dir.S   SSW SSW S
Transp wind spd.14  13  13  14
Trans wind dir..S   SSW SSW S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   6
Wave period (s).1   2   2   1
Wave height (ft)0   0   0   0
Ceiling (kft)...1.5 0.7 0.8 1.1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms through the night. Chance of
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 79.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Max apparent temp...86.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 6 to 9 knots.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.8 decreasing to 0.9 early in the evening,
                    then decreasing to 0.8 late in the evening
                    increasing to 1.3 late in the evening
                    increasing to 3.5 increasing to 11 overnight
                    decreasing to 2.7 decreasing to 1.8 after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........82  83  67  73  70  61  60  52  60  59  57  57
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH                 SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW                  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH                 SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  10  10  10  10  20  20  30  20  30
Temp............79  79  80  80  80  80  80  80  81  80  80  80
RH..............84  84  82  82  82  82  82  82  79  83  83  83
Aparnt tmp (F)..83  83  85  85  85  85  85  85  86  84  84  84
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  12  12  10  10  10  9   9   9   9
SFC wnd dir.....S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW
SFC wnd spd kts.9   9   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
SFC wnd gst.....13  13  13  12  12  10  10  10  9   9   9   9
Transp wind dir.S   S   SSW S   S   SSW S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.13  12  12  13  12  12  10  10  10  12  10  9
Trans wind dir..S   S   SSW S   S   SSW S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).6   5   5   6   5   5   4   4   4   5   4   4
Wave period (s).1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ceiling (kft)...1.8 1.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 3.5 11  11  2.7 1.8 1.8

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (15-25 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the morning. Slight
                    chance of showers late in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Max apparent temp...87.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 5 to 9 knots.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 4 to 5 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.8 decreasing to 1.3 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 1.8 late in the morning
                    increasing to 2.7 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 1.8 decreasing to 1.3 late in the
                    afternoon increasing to 9.2.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  68  56  50  49  43  31  32  22  18  20  13
Weather cov.....SCH         SCH
Weather type....RW          RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  0
Temp............79  80  80  80  79  80  80  80  80  81  81  81
RH..............84  83  83  83  82  82  79  79  82  79  79  79
Aparnt tmp (F)..83  84  84  84  82  85  84  84  85  86  86  87
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  WSW SW  SW  SW  WSW WSW SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.8   8   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   12  13  13
SFC wnd dir.....SW  SW  WSW SW  SW  SW  WSW WSW SW  SW  SW  SW
SFC wnd spd kts.6   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   8   9   9
SFC wnd gst.....8   8   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   12  13  13
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  WSW SW  WSW SW  WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   10  12  12
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  WSW SW  WSW SW  WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5
Wave period (s).2   2   2   1   1   1   2   2   1   2   2   1
Wave height (ft)0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ceiling (kft)...2.2 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.8 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.3 9.2

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows around 80. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds around 8 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds around 7 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 80s. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around
7 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 80s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
80. Highs in the lower 80s.

$$
Forecaster...BANNAN
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2614564.1/LIX
.DELDT 05/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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