Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
352
FNUS74 KLIX 310904
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Extex East Timbalier Oil Spill...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
A frontal boundary is currently draped offshore which is allowing
showers and storms to fire up on it especially in the overnight
to early morning hours. Overall chances of showers and storms are around
50% to 60% today with similar chances through mid week. Winds should remain
light (less than 15 knots) and waves below 2 feet outside of any
thunderstorms that impact the area. Any storm could cause locally
higher waves and wind gusts.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Showers likely in
the morning. Chance of thunderstorms through
the day. Chance of showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 5 to 11 knots.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 3 to 6 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 9.0 early in the morning, then
increasing to 10 early in the morning
decreasing to 8.5 late in the morning
decreasing to 7.3 decreasing to 5.8 early in
the afternoon increasing to 10 decreasing to
3.5 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 4 to 9 knots. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms.
TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61 64 71 46 37 37 22 26 30 41 45 38 44
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 60 50 40 30 30 30 40 50 40 40 40
Temp............83 82 82 81 82 82 83 83 83 83 83 83 83
Dewpoint........76 76 76 75 76 75 76 75 74 75 76 75 74
Aparnt tmp (F)..91 89 89 87 89 89 91 90 90 90 91 90 90
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E ENE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 14
SFC wnd dir.....NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E ENE
SFC wnd spd kts.5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11
SFC wnd gst.....7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 14
Transp wind dir.ENE ENE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E
Transp wind spd.6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 13 13
Trans wind dir..ENE ENE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6
Wave period (s).4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...10 10 9.0 10 10 10 8.5 7.3 5.8 5.8 10 3.5 3.5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 81.
Dewpoint............74.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 10 to 12 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).......2.7 increasing to 3.5 early in the evening,
then increasing to 5.8 late in the evening
increasing to 25 late in the evening decreasing
to 10.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 10 knots. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms overnight. 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 (%).........56 58 45 60 38 43 37 42 34 30 41 45
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50 40 20 10 10 10 10 40 30 30 40 40
Temp............84 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 84 83 83 83
Dewpoint........74 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74
Aparnt tmp (F)..91 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 91 90 90 90
20 FT wind dir..ENE ENE E ENE E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 11
20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 16 16 15 15 14 14 13 13 13
SFC wnd dir.....ENE ENE E ENE E E E E E E E E
SFC wnd spd kts.12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 11
SFC wnd gst.....15 15 15 16 16 15 15 14 14 13 13 13
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.13 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13
Trans wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
Wave period (s).3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...2.7 2.7 3.5 5.8 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 10
.LABOR DAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of showers
early in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms
through the day. Showers likely.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Dewpoint............73.
Max apparent temp...91.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 10 to 12 knots.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.East around 6 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 8.6.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 10 knots. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59 54 43 50 59 56 52 49 49 50 50 51
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 CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40 60 60 60 60 60 60 70 70 70 70 70
Temp............83 83 83 83 83 83 84 84 84 83 83 83
Dewpoint........74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 73 73
Aparnt tmp (F)..90 90 90 90 90 90 91 91 91 89 89 89
20 FT wind dir..E ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE
20 FT wind spd..10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12
20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 17 17
SFC wnd dir.....E ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE
SFC wnd spd kts.10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12
SFC wnd gst.....13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 17 17
Transp wind dir.E E E E ENE ENE ENE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14
Trans wind dir..E E E E ENE ENE ENE E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wave period (s).4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...10 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.6 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
$$
Forecaster...LIM
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2520970.3/LIX
.DELDT 08/31/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Brandi.Todd@noaa.gov