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Spot Forecast for Gahagan RX...LDAF
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
831 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on November 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (318) 631-3669 ext. 241, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Surface winds will be breezy and out of the south today with
sustained winds around 8 mph and occasional gusts of 10-15 mph
possible. RH values look to stay in the 50s and 60% ranges this
afternoon, with mixing heights reaching just over 3800 ft. The
slowly increasing moisture over the past several days will help
keep fire operations controllable.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  55  56  48  50  36  44  43  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  74  76  79  81  81  82  81  78
RH..............93  79  74  64  58  56  55  56  64
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind mph..5   5   5   7   7   7   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.12  14  15  15  16  16  16  15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.7 2.2 2.8 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.4 1.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   10  13  15  15  14  14  14  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   6   7   7   6   6   6   5
Dispersion idx..12  24  39  52  61  66  62  45  23
LVORI...........5   4   2   1   1   1   1   2   2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
RH..............74  84  87  90  93  93  100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind mph..5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.15  15  16  16  15  14  13  14  14  14  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  13  13  13  13  14  14  14  13  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
Dispersion idx..5   0   2   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   6
LVORI...........3   4   5   6   7   8   9   9   8   8   8   8

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
RH..............100 100 93  90  74  67  60  58  55  55  58  64
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind mph..5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  16  15  14  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.2 3.9 4.3 4.3 3.1 1.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  16  15  15  16  16  16  15  13  10
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Trans spd (m/s).5   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   4
Dispersion idx..9   16  26  37  47  56  64  74  79  76  55  27
LVORI...........8   7   5   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   2   3

$$
Forecaster...CRUMBACHER
Requested by...Andrew Parrish
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526113.0/SHV
.DELDT 11/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL aparrish@ldaf.state.la.us