Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
404
FNUS74 KLIX 081849
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Grand Isle Block 59 Release INLAND...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
149 PM CDT Fri May 8 2026
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.DISCUSSION...
South to southeast winds of around 10 knots will persist through the
weekend. Another frontal boundary will move into the northern Gulf
Sunday night into Monday morning, bringing offshore winds to the
area for early next week. Winds should remain below headline criteria
through the period, with the greatest concern being scattered to
numerous showers and storms, mainly Saturday through Sunday night.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms late in the
afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........94 percent.
Max apparent temp...78.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds around 8 knots.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South around 4 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.3 increasing to 10.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77 78 79 80
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 30 30
Temp............77 77 77 78
RH..............97 97 97 94
Aparnt tmp (F)..77 77 77 78
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 12
SFC wnd dir.....SE SE SE SE
SFC wnd spd kts.8 8 8 8
SFC wnd gst.....12 12 12 12
Transp wind dir.SSE S S SSE
Transp wind spd.10 9 9 10
Trans wind dir..SSE S S SSE
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4
Wave period (s).2 2 2 2
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...1.3 4.5 10 10
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Max apparent temp...78.
Surface winds (kts).South winds 8 to 11 knots.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 4 to 8 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......11 decreasing to 3.5 early in the evening, then
decreasing to 1.1 late in the evening
increasing to 1.8 overnight decreasing to 1.3
increasing to 4.5 overnight decreasing to 0.8
increasing to 1.1 after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms after 3 am.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........74 79 75 70 75 70 82 81 80 81 88 82
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 20 30
Temp............77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77
RH..............97 97 97 94 94 94 97 94 94 97 94 97
Aparnt tmp (F)..77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S
20 FT wind spd..10 9 10 10 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 10
20 FT wind gust.13 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 15 15 13
SFC wnd dir.....SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S
SFC wnd spd kts.9 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 9
SFC wnd gst.....13 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 15 15 13
Transp wind dir.SE ESE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Transp wind spd.10 9 10 10 12 13 13 13 16 16 17 15
Trans wind dir..SE ESE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 7
Wave period (s).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...11 11 3.5 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.3 4.5 0.8 1.3 1.1
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the morning and early
afternoon, then slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........91 percent.
Max apparent temp...78.
Surface winds (kts).South winds 6 to 8 knots.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8 decreasing to 0.6 early in the morning,
then decreasing to 0.5 early in the morning
decreasing to 0.4 late in the morning
increasing to 0.5 decreasing to 0.4 early in
the afternoon increasing to 0.5 increasing to
0.6 late in the afternoon increasing to 1.6.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81 77 64 66 78 67 74 64 48 53 56 53
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 40 40 50 50 40 30 30 30 20 0
Temp............78 78 77 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 77
RH..............94 91 94 94 94 94 94 97 94 94 94 94
Aparnt tmp (F)..78 78 77 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 77
20 FT wind dir..S S S S SSW SSW SSW S SSW S S S
20 FT wind spd..9 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 13 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9
SFC wnd dir.....S S S S SSW SSW SSW S SSW S S S
SFC wnd spd kts.8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
SFC wnd gst.....12 12 12 13 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9
Transp wind dir.S S S SSW SSW SW SSW S S S SSW S
Transp wind spd.12 12 13 13 13 12 10 10 10 8 8 8
Trans wind dir..S S S SSW SSW SW SSW S S S SSW S
Trans spd (m/s).5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave period (s).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.6
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 6 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 6 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Northeast winds around 16 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
Forecaster...NWS NEW ORLEANS
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2613000.3/LIX
.DELDT 05/08/26
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