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Spot Forecast for CAT C-29...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
642 AM CDT Fri Apr 20 2018

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 20.
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...
20-foot winds should generally remain around 10 mph or less,
although winds may gust up to 15 mph on Saturday afternoon. Dry
air will remain in place today, and relative humidity values
should fall to around 30 percent this afternoon. Low level
moisture will surge northward overnight and especially during the
day Saturday, which should keep minimum humidity levels around 50
percent. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible at the burn
site by late Saturday afternoon and especially Saturday evening
through Sunday afternoon. A couple of storms could be severe.
Rainfall amounts at the burn site this weekend should be between
one and two inches.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM  2PM  3PM  4PM  5PM
Sky (%).........40  40  40  40  40  40  40   40   40   30   30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0
Temp............44  46  51  55  58  61  64   66   68   70   69
RH..............76  70  59  51  47  44  41   38   36   33   36
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E    E    NE   NE   E
20 FT wind spd..6   7   7   7   7   6   6    6    6    6    6
20 FT wind gust.7           8       7   7         7    7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.6  3.6  3.6  4.3  4.3
Mix hgt (m).....100 100 100 900 900 900 1100 1100 1100 1300 1300
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E    E    E    NE   NE
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   18  18  18  12   12   12   8    8
Trans wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E    E    E    NE   NE
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   8   8   8   5    5    5    4    4

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM  7PM  8PM  9PM  10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30   30   30   30   30  30  30  60  60  60  60  60
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67   66   63   60   57  56  55  54  53  52  51  50
RH..............40   43   49   55   62  65  68  71  74  77  80  84
20 FT wind dir..E    E    E    E    E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6    6    6    5    5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.               6    6       6   6       5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...4.3  3.3  3.3  3.3  0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mix hgt (m).....1300 1000 1000 1000 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Transp wind dir.NE   E    E    E    E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.8    12   12   12   7   7   7   6   6   6   9   9
Trans wind dir..NE   E    E    E    E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).4    5    5    5    3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM  4PM  5PM
Sky (%).........60  70  70  70  70  70  70  70  70  70   75   75
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH  SCH  SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW   RW   RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH  SCH  SCH
CWR.............0   10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20   20   20
Temp............50  49  54  58  63  66  70  73  74  74   75   74
RH..............88  93  81  71  62  57  52  48  49  50   52   55
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE   SE   SE
20 FT wind spd..4   4   4   5   6   6   7   8   9   9    9    8
20 FT wind gust.    5   5   6       7   8   10  10  13   13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1  3.3  3.3
Mix hgt (m).....100 100 100 100 300 480 900 900 900 900  1000 1000
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S    S    S
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15   9    9
Trans wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S    S    S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   7   7   7   7   7   7    4    4

$$
Forecaster...NUTTALL
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 1807150.0/SHV
.DELDT 04/20/18
.EMAIL bgidcumb@fs.fed.us