Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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FNUS74 KLIX 291734
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Grand Isle Block 59 Release INLAND...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1234 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
A broad surface high pressure system will remain parked over the
coastal waters through next Tuesday, keeping winds light and
variable at 10 knots or less and waves 2 feet or less. A few storms
may pop up each day with locally gusty winds, but overall rain chances
will remain low through Tuesday. A return to steady southeast winds
can be expected by the middle of the week, with thunderstorm chances
will also increasing during the second half of the week.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Max apparent temp...87.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 6 to 8 knots.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 5 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........1 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......14 increasing to 25 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........31 15 16 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............80 81 81 81
RH..............82 79 79 79
Aparnt tmp (F)..85 86 86 87
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..7 8 9 9
20 FT wind gust.8 10 12 12
SFC wnd dir.....SSW SSW SSW SSW
SFC wnd spd kts.6 7 8 8
SFC wnd gst.....8 10 12 12
Transp wind dir.S SSW SSW S
Transp wind spd.8 9 10 12
Trans wind dir..S SSW SSW S
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 5
Wave period (s).1 1 1 1
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...14 25 25 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 80.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Max apparent temp...89.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 6 to 8 knots.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 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).......25 decreasing to 1.8 late in the evening, then
increasing to 25 late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........23 17 24 23 20 41 55 59 45 50 38 37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............81 81 82 81 81 82 81 81 82 82 82 82
RH..............79 79 78 79 79 77 79 79 77 79 79 79
Aparnt tmp (F)..87 87 87 86 86 88 86 86 88 89 89 89
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW
20 FT wind spd..9 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.12 12 10 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12
SFC wnd dir.....SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW
SFC wnd spd kts.8 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
SFC wnd gst.....12 12 10 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12
Transp wind dir.S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.12 10 9 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 10
Trans wind dir..S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SSW SSW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 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)...25 25 25 1.8 2.2 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Max apparent temp...89.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 6 to 8 knots.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 4 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 2.2 late in the morning, then
increasing to 25 in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........29 44 35 35 51 27 27 32 19 18 24 17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............81 82 82 80 81 81 81 81 82 82 82 82
RH..............83 81 81 84 79 82 79 82 79 79 79 79
Aparnt tmp (F)..86 88 88 86 86 87 86 87 89 89 89 89
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9
20 FT wind gust.10 10 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 10 12 12
SFC wnd dir.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SFC wnd spd kts.7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8
SFC wnd gst.....10 10 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 10 12 12
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW WSW
Transp wind spd.9 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW WSW
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave period (s).2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 2.2 2.2 2.2 25 25 25 25 25 25
$$
Forecaster...NWS NEW ORLEANS
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2614564.3/LIX
.DELDT 05/29/26
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