Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
436
FNUS74 KSHV 231057
FWSSHV
Spot Forecast for Dead Oak Fire...TFS
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
557 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on August 23.
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.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.DISCUSSION...
Showers and thunderstorms possible through daybreak with
conditions improving by 9 AM. Expect light winds around 5
mph or less today, except higher with any convection. Otherwise,
temperatures will climb into the triple digits this afternoon
with RH values falling to around 30 percent.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the morning.
Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the
morning and early afternoon, then increasing to
20 percent late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........79 at forecast start...Max 104.
RH..................74 percent at forecast start...Min 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 2 mph at forecast
start...otherwise Light winds becoming
southwest around 5 mph late in the morning,
then shifting to the southeast late in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 9200
ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph shifting to the west 5
to 9 mph in the morning and early afternoon,
then shifting to the northeast around 7 mph
late in the afternoon shifting to the northwest
around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 2 meters/second shifting to
the west 2 to 4 meters/second in the morning
and early afternoon, then shifting to the
northeast around 3 meters/second late in the
afternoon shifting to the northwest late in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 21 late in the morning, then
increasing to 41 early in the afternoon
increasing to 52 early in the afternoon
increasing to 70 decreasing to 57 late in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........56 55 55 57 58 56 52 50 48 46 45 42
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20
Temp............79 79 81 85 89 92 96 99 101 103 104 104
RH..............74 74 72 65 56 47 42 36 32 30 29 29
20 FT wind dir..SW W W W SW SW SW W W W SE S
20 FT wind mph..2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.7 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.5 4.0 6.2 8.5 9.0 9.2 8.6
Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W W NW NW NE NW
Transp wind spd.5 5 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6
Trans wind dir..SW W W W W W W W NW NW NE NW
Trans spd (m/s).2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Dispersion idx..2 5 7 10 18 23 41 52 68 71 72 57
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 79.
RH..................Max 72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph shifting to the southeast in
the evening, then shifting to the south around
12 mph overnight.
Transport winds m/s.North around 2 meters/second shifting to the
southeast 3 to 4 meters/second in the evening,
then shifting to the south around 5
meters/second overnight.
LVORI...............2.
Dispersion index....37 decreasing to 6.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35 32 33 36 37 31 20 14 14 14 14 15
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
CWR.............20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............103 101 96 90 87 86 86 85 84 83 82 81
RH..............29 31 38 47 53 55 55 59 61 65 67 67
20 FT wind dir..S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT wind mph..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 10 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...6.7 2.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.N SE E S S S S S S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.5 6 6 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12
Trans wind dir..N SE E S S S S S S S SW SW
Trans spd (m/s).2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Dispersion idx..37 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Temperature.........Max 104.
RH..................Min 27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 4 to 7 meters/second.
LVORI...............2.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 16 early in the morning, then
increasing to 33 late in the morning increasing
to 50 late in the morning increasing to 72
increasing to 90 early in the afternoon
decreasing to 79 increasing to 93 late in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17 18 24 35 41 42 44 45 44 41 40 39
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............80 79 81 85 89 93 97 99 101 103 104 104
RH..............69 72 69 59 50 43 37 33 31 28 28 27
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT wind mph..6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.15 14 13 14 15 16 16 17 16 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.9 4.5 5.9 5.5 6.3 7.3 6.8
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
Transp wind spd.10 10 13 15 15 14 14 14 13 14 12 13
Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Dispersion idx..5 11 16 29 36 50 72 90 79 96 89 93
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
$$
Forecaster...MAYEAUX
Requested by...Andrew Chelf
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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