Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
279
FNUS74 KLIX 010836
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Extex East Timbalier Oil Spill...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025
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.DISCUSSION...
The frontal boundary draped over the coast is drifting further
offshore so there are relatively lower chances of showers
and storms (20% to 40%). There may be a window of relatively
lower chances of storms during the morning hours.
Winds will generally remain easterly at 10 to 15 knots.
Waves will remain at 2 feet or less unless impacted by
thunderstorms. The main impacts from any storms will
be gusty erratic or enhanced winds and locally
higher waves.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Dewpoint............73.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 11 to 13 knots.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.East 6 to 7 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 7.3 early in the afternoon,
then decreasing to 5.8 early in the afternoon
decreasing to 4.5 late in the afternoon
increasing to 5.8 increasing to 7.3 late in the
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 11 knots. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the late morning and
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61 56 56 43 49 52 58 61 67 78 61 56 46
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40
Temp............84 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 84 84 83 84 83
Dewpoint........73 73 73 73 73 73 74 73 73 73 74 74 74
Aparnt tmp (F)..90 89 89 89 89 89 90 89 90 90 90 91 90
20 FT wind dir..E E E ENE ENE ENE E E E E E E ENE
20 FT wind spd..12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16
SFC wnd dir.....E E E ENE ENE ENE E E E E E E ENE
SFC wnd spd kts.12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13
SFC wnd gst.....14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15
Trans wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
Wave period (s).4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...25 11 11 11 10 10 10 7.3 5.8 5.8 4.5 5.8 7.3
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Chance of
showers in the evening. Chance of thunderstorms
through the night. Showers likely overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 81.
Dewpoint............73.
Max apparent temp...90.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 11 to 14 knots.
Transport winds.....East 14 to 16 mph.
Transport winds m/s.East 6 to 7 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......7.3 increasing to 9.5 early in the evening,
then increasing to 10 in the late evening and
overnight decreasing to 7.3 early in the
morning.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 12 knots. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late 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 (%).........52 43 42 49 55 47 34 52 51 42 55 60
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 30 30 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 60
Temp............83 83 83 82 83 82 83 83 82 82 83 82
Dewpoint........73 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 74 73
Aparnt tmp (F)..89 90 90 87 89 87 89 89 87 87 90 87
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..13 13 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11
20 FT wind gust.17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13
SFC wnd dir.....E E E E E E E E E E E E
SFC wnd spd kts.13 13 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11
SFC wnd gst.....17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14
Trans wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
Wave period (s).3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...7.3 9.5 10 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 7.3
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers likely
through the day. Thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Dewpoint............73.
Max apparent temp...89.
Surface winds (kts).East winds around 11 knots.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.East 5 to 6 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......4.5 increasing to 5.8 early in the morning,
then decreasing to 4.5 early in the morning
increasing to 9.0 late in the morning
decreasing to 4.5 decreasing to 0.1 late in the
morning increasing to 9.0.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 9 knots. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63 60 34 49 50 52 53 55 50 46 41 42
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50 70 70 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 60
Temp............82 82 82 82 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83
Dewpoint........73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
Aparnt tmp (F)..87 87 87 87 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14
SFC wnd dir.....E E E E E E E E E E E E
SFC wnd spd kts.11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
SFC wnd gst.....13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 12
Trans wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
Wave period (s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...4.5 5.8 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
$$
Forecaster...LIM
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2520970.5/LIX
.DELDT 09/01/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Brandi.Todd@noaa.gov