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Spot Forecast for G-11 SW...USFWS
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
404 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

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with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Light but generally southerly winds will persist across the
region through Saturday keeping moisture profiles fairly stable.
Despite dry weather and a breezy southerly wind, relative humidity
levels each day will be well above critical thresholds. Wetting
rainfall is anticipated until Sunday.

...REMARKS...
1) what is the chance,
duration, and intensity of
fog expected overnight
into Friday morning?

Patchy fog (stratus build down) will be possible this morning. Additional
low end fog potential exists later tonight as well, but forecast
confidence remains on the low side.

2) is there a chance of a
sea breeze?

No Sea breeze expected today

3) is there a chance of an
east/southeasterly
component developing
during the hours of 0900-
2000?

Yes, especially early on. By late afternoon winds are forecast to be southerly.
Until then a SSE wind will be possible.

4) are overnight winds
expected to drop to or
near zero?

Yes. Generally around or an hour or two prior to sunrise. (Generally 6:25 AM)


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Dewpoint............68.
Max apparent temp...79.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph early in
                    the morning.
Mixing height (m)...122-701 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
LVORI...............6.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........82  88  87  87  87  82  78  90  71  80  86  83
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............68  68  69  73  75  77  78  78  78  78  79  78
Dewpoint........67  68  69  70  70  70  69  69  70  70  70  69
RH..............97  100 100 90  84  79  74  74  76  76  74  74
Aparnt tmp (F)..68  68  69  73  75  77  78  78  78  78  79  78
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   7   7   9   10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.6   6   8   10  12  13  14  15  15  14  15  14
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   8   8   8   13  13  13  14  14  14  13  13
Trans wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
LVORI...........9   8   8   6   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............69.
Max apparent temp...77.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light.
Mixing height (m)...152-640 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 2 to 6 meters/second.
LVORI...............7.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........85  84  73  68  67  70  55  59  64  79  85  82
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  76  72  71  70  70  69  69  69  69  68  68
Dewpoint........69  70  70  70  69  69  69  69  69  68  68  68
RH..............76  82  93  97  97  97  100 100 100 97  100 100
Aparnt tmp (F)..77  76  72  71  70  70  69  69  69  69  68  68
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW N
20 FT wind spd..9   8   7   6   7   6   6   6   6   5   5   0
20 FT wind gust.13  12  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   7   6   6
Mix hgt (km)....0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  10  10  10  9   9   9   7   7   7   5   5
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).6   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   2   2
LVORI...........3   4   6   7   7   7   8   8   9   8   9   10

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Dewpoint............69.
Max apparent temp...85.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height (m)...152-945 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 1 to 4 meters/second.
LVORI...............6.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79  82  81  57  57  57  48  39  31  24  16  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  67  69  73  77  80  81  81  81  82  82  80
Dewpoint........68  67  69  71  70  70  69  68  68  68  69  69
RH..............100 100 100 93  79  72  68  65  64  64  65  69
Aparnt tmp (F)..68  67  69  73  77  83  84  84  84  85  85  83
20 FT wind dir..N   N   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..0   0   3   3   5   6   8   9   10  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   6   6   7       10  12  14  14  13
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.SW  WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW SSW SSW SSW S   S
Transp wind spd.5   3   3   3   6   6   6   9   9   9   10  10
Trans wind dir..SW  WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW SSW SSW SSW S   S
Trans spd (m/s).2   1   1   1   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4
LVORI...........9   9   9   7   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...FRYE
Requested by...David Stoesz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411285.0/LIX
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL David_stoesz@fws.gov,jeremy_edwardson@fws.gov,sami_gray@fws.gov


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