Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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Spot Forecast for Grand Isle 59 MARLIN SARDINIA *OFFSHORE*...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
147 PM CST Fri Mar 6 2026
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Southeast winds of 10 to 15 knots will remain persistent through
the weekend. These winds will create a light chop through the
weekend at the incident site. Rain chances will remain low
through tonight, but a threat of a few showers and storms passing
over the site will exist on Saturday. The best chances for storms
and increased risk of lightning will be on Sunday and again next
Thursday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........87 percent.
Max apparent temp...73.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 11 to 12 knots.
Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 18 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 7 to 8 meters/second.
Wave height.........3 feet.
Wave period.........7 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......5 increasing to 25.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 13 mph.
TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38 45 45 53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10
Temp............72 73 73 72
RH..............90 87 87 90
Aparnt tmp (F)..72 73 73 72
20 FT wind dir..ESE ESE ESE ESE
20 FT wind spd..13 13 13 14
20 FT wind gust.16 16 17 17
SFC wnd dir.....ESE ESE ESE ESE
SFC wnd spd kts.11 11 11 12
SFC wnd gst.....16 16 17 17
Transp wind dir.ESE ESE ESE ESE
Transp wind spd.16 16 17 18
Trans wind dir..ESE ESE ESE ESE
Trans spd (m/s).7 7 8 8
Wave period (s).7 7 7 7
Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3
Ceiling (kft)...5 5 25 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Max apparent temp...72.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 12 to 14 knots.
Transport winds.....Southeast 17 to 21 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 8 to 9 meters/second.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Wave period.........7 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......5 decreasing to 1 by midnight then decreasing
to 0.5 by 3 AM.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 15 mph.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........65 63 60 53 54 49 56 61 61 67 65 74
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 71 71 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 70 71
RH..............93 93 93 93 90 97 93 93 93 97 97 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 71 71 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 70 71
20 FT wind dir..ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
20 FT wind gust.18 18 18 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
SFC wnd dir.....ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
SFC wnd spd kts.12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
SFC wnd gst.....18 18 18 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Transp wind dir.ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.17 18 18 20 20 18 18 18 17 21 20 20
Trans wind dir..ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Trans spd (m/s).8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Wave period (s).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Ceiling (kft)...5 4.5 2.2 3.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........84 percent.
Max apparent temp...74.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 9 to 13 knots.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 21 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 6 to 9 meters/second.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Wave period.........7 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.5 increasing to 1.5-2 by late morning
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
afternoon.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71 67 53 46 40 35 28 32 44 59 61 60
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 10 10 10
Temp............71 70 71 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 74
RH..............93 100 93 90 90 90 87 87 87 87 90 84
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 70 71 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 74
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE ESE
20 FT wind spd..15 15 14 14 13 13 12 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.20 18 18 18 17 16 15 14 13 13 13 13
SFC wnd dir.....SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE ESE
SFC wnd spd kts.13 13 12 12 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 9
SFC wnd gst.....20 18 18 18 17 16 15 14 13 13 13 13
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.20 21 20 21 21 20 17 18 14 14 14 15
Trans wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Trans spd (m/s).9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 7
Wave period (s).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Wave height (ft)4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Ceiling (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around
7 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around
7 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY MARCH 13 THROUGH THURSDAY MARCH 19...
Winds may remain northeasterly at around 10 knots on Friday, but
model guidance currently suggests a surface high could become
centered over the region by Saturday/Sunday causing winds to
become light and variable thereafter.
$$
Forecaster...NWS NEW ORLEANS
Requested by...Bran
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2604949.0/LIX
.DELDT 03/06/26
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