Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
814
FNUS74 KLIX 300953
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Extex East Timbalier Oil Spill...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
453 AM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025
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.DISCUSSION...
Deep moisture remains across the area bringing scattered to numerous showers
and thunderstorms. Overall, waves will generally remain 2 feet
or less outside of any thunderstorms. However, locally higher waves
and gusty winds are possible with any storm that forms.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Showers and
thunderstorms likely.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds around 6 knots shifting to the
around 5 knots in the late morning and
afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph shifting to the west 5
to 7 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 2 to 3 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 9.0 early in the morning, then
increasing to 10 in the late morning and early
afternoon decreasing to 4.5 late in the
afternoon decreasing to 3.5 increasing to 4.5
late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 knots shifting to the
northwest around 4 knots in the late morning
and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75 68 71 60 46 47 36 38 30 38 37 37 41
Weather cov.....LKY CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).60 50 60 70 60 40 30 50 50 50 60 70 50
Temp............83 83 83 82 82 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83
Dewpoint........76 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 75 76 75 75
Aparnt tmp (F)..91 91 91 89 89 91 91 91 90 90 91 90 90
20 FT wind dir..SW WSW W WNW NW NW NW NW WNW W W WNW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
SFC wnd dir.....SW WSW W WNW NW NW NW NW WNW W W WNW NW
SFC wnd spd kts.6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
SFC wnd gst.....8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
Transp wind dir.SW SW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW W W W NW NW
Transp wind spd.8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
Trans wind dir..SW SW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW W W W NW NW
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Wave period (s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...9.0 10 9.0 9.0 9.0 10 10 10 10 10 4.5 3.5 4.5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 81.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).East winds around 5 knots shifting to the
northeast overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph shifting to the east around
6 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Transport winds m/s.Northwest around 2 meters/second shifting to
the east around 3 meters/second in the late
evening and overnight.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......3.5 decreasing to 2.7 early in the evening,
then increasing to 3.5 early in the evening
increasing to 10 late in the evening decreasing
to 2.7 increasing to 3.5 overnight decreasing
to 2.2 increasing to 10 overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 4 knots shifting to the
east overnight. 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 (%).........33 37 40 40 21 22 30 43 33 33 40 46
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
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 50 50 50
Temp............83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83
Dewpoint........75 75 76 75 75 75 75 75 76 75 76 75
Aparnt tmp (F)..90 90 91 90 90 90 90 90 91 90 91 90
20 FT wind dir..NNE NNW NNE NNE ENE ENE E E E ENE ENE NE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7
SFC wnd dir.....NNE NNW NNE NNE ENE ENE E E E ENE ENE NE
SFC wnd spd kts.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
SFC wnd gst.....7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7
Transp wind dir.NW N N N ENE ENE ENE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Trans wind dir..NW N N N ENE ENE ENE E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Wave period (s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...3.5 2.7 3.5 10 2.7 2.7 3.5 2.2 10 10 10 10
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 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............75.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).Northeast winds 5 to 9 knots.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 3 to 4 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.8 decreasing to 0.9 early in the morning,
then decreasing to 0.7 early in the morning
decreasing to 0.6 late in the morning
increasing to 0.8 increasing to 1.6 late in the
morning increasing to 2.8 increasing to 4.3
late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 4 to 7 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 (%).........60 53 33 33 45 48 50 53 52 50 49 52
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 70 70 70 70 70
Temp............83 82 81 81 82 82 83 83 83 83 83 83
Dewpoint........76 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75
Aparnt tmp (F)..91 89 87 87 89 89 90 90 90 90 90 90
20 FT wind dir..NE NNE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12
SFC wnd dir.....NE NNE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE
SFC wnd spd kts.5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
SFC wnd gst.....7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12
Transp wind dir.E NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE
Transp wind spd.6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
Trans wind dir..E NNE NNE NNE NE NE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave period (s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...1.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.6 2.8 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.3
$$
Forecaster...LIM
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2520970.1/LIX
.DELDT 08/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Brandi.Todd@noaa.gov