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Spot Forecast for West Gover WF...usfs
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
317 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0616 CDT on August 29.
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...
Hot and dry conditions are again expected today, with min RH`s expected to
fall to around 30% this afternoon. Light east winds this morning should
become more southeast around 5 mph by late morning, with occasional gusts
up to 10 mph possible. Winds will decouple by sunset, with good RH recovery
again expected overnight. Slightly more humid conditions should return
Sunday, with min RH`s falling to around 35%, with 20ft winds becoming more
south around 5 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........69 at forecast start...Max 98.
RH..................85 percent at forecast start...Min 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds east at 2 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise Light winds becoming
                    southeast around 5 mph late in the morning,
                    then becoming light in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 7700
                    ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph decreasing to 3 to 8 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.East around 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    southeast 1 to 4 meters/second in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 19 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 35 late in the morning increasing
                    to 42 early in the afternoon decreasing to 36
                    increasing to 47 late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  3   7   4   5   2   3   1   13  12  18  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  68  72  76  83  87  90  93  96  97  98  98
RH..............85  87  82  74  57  50  46  41  35  32  30  30
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind mph..2   2   3   3   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.                    10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 2.1 3.0 4.4 5.9 6.9 7.7 7.7 6.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   12  12  9   8   6   5   3   5   6
Trans wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   5   5   4   4   3   2   1   2   3
Dispersion idx..5   10  9   19  33  37  45  42  39  31  40  47
LVORI...........5   4   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 69.
RH..................Max 85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 3 to 5 meters/second.
LVORI...............2.
Dispersion index....51 decreasing to 5.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........16     9      17     20     30     21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............96     89     80     76     73     71
RH..............31     34     49     58     64     71
20 ft wind......SE 3   SE 2   SE 3   E 0    E 0    E 0
20 ft wind gust.
Mix hgt (ft)....3400   800    800    800    800    800
Transport wind..SE 7   SE 9   SE 10  E 12   E 12   SE 10
Tran wind (m/s).SE 3   SE 4   SE 4   E 5    E 5    SE 4
Dispersion idx..51     4      5      5      5      5
LVORI...........1      2      2      3      3      3

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 97.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 10 mph shifting to the south 8
                    to 12 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast around 4 meters/second shifting to
                    the south 4 to 5 meters/second in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 15 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 28 late in the morning increasing
                    to 42 late in the morning increasing to 68
                    increasing to 94 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 104 decreasing to 78 late in the
                    afternoon increasing to 95.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........47     19     4      4      11     31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............68     73     83     90     95     96
RH..............90     84     69     52     41     38
20 ft wind......E 2    E 2    S 3    S 5    S 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.              7      10     10     10
Mix hgt (ft)....800    800    1900   5200   8000   8900
Transport wind..SE 9   SE 8   SW 12  SW 10  S 10   S 8
Tran wind (m/s).SE 4   SE 4   SW 5   SW 4   S 4    S 4
Dispersion idx..4      8      28     65     94     78
LVORI...........4      3      2      1      1      1

$$

Forecaster...HANSFORD
Requested by...k wilson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620534.4/SHV
.DELDT 08/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL john.wilson2@usda.gov