873 FNUS54 KLIX 301231 FWFLIX FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR S MS AND SE LA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 RED FLAG...NONE .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVE EAST ACROSS TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED PRECIPITATION THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. MSZ068>071-302300- WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER... LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 50 10 20 TEMP 82 59 85 RH % 51 100 39 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 2-6 SW 1-5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 5-9 SW 2-6 SW 6-10 AVG PCPN AMT (IN) 0.18 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION (HR) 2 MIXING HGT(M-AGL/MSL) 1445 2221 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 7 SW 3 VENT RATE (M**2/S) 10115 6663 CATEGORY DAY 4 3 SILT/ 500 MLT (F) 70 71 MRNG MXG HGT (M) 428 500 STAGNATION INDEX 1 3 3 STABILITY CLASS UNSTABLE STABLE UNSTABLE MAXIMUM LVORI 6 9 9 DISPERSION INDEX 52 2 52 FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY MODERATE FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ LAZ034>037-046>050-302300- POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-IBERVILLE- WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY... BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 40 10 20 TEMP 83 60 86 RH % 55 100 39 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 2-6 SW 1-5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 6-10 S 3-7 SW 6-10 AVG PCPN AMT (IN) 0.13 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION (HR) 2 MIXING HGT(M-AGL/MSL) 2150 2397 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 8 SW 4 VENT RATE (M**2/S) 17200 9588 CATEGORY DAY 5 4 SILT/ 500 MLT (F) 70 71 MRNG MXG HGT (M) 492 500 STAGNATION INDEX 0 3 2 STABILITY CLASS UNSTABLE STABLE UNSTABLE MAXIMUM LVORI 7 9 9 DISPERSION INDEX 97 1 56 FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY MODERATE FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ LAZ039-040-071-072-MSZ077-302300- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA- PEARL RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND... PONCHATOULA...PICAYUNE 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 50 10 20 TEMP 82 59 86 RH % 53 100 39 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 1-5 SW 1-5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 5-9 SW 2-6 SW 5-9 AVG PCPN AMT (IN) 0.16 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION (HR) 2 MIXING HGT(M-AGL/MSL) 1990 2403 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 7 SW 4 VENT RATE (M**2/S) 13930 9612 CATEGORY DAY 4 4 SILT/ 500 MLT (F) 70 71 MRNG MXG HGT (M) 499 500 STAGNATION INDEX 1 3 3 STABILITY CLASS UNSTABLE STABLE UNSTABLE MAXIMUM LVORI 7 9 9 DISPERSION INDEX 68 3 64 FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY MODERATE FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ MSZ080>082-302300- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND... DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS... MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 50 10 20 TEMP 83 60 85 RH % 55 100 45 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 2-6 SW 1-5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) S 6-10 SW 3-7 SW 5-9 AVG PCPN AMT (IN) 0.19 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION (HR) 2 MIXING HGT(M-AGL/MSL) 1516 2463 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 8 W 4 VENT RATE (M**2/S) 12128 9852 CATEGORY DAY 4 4 SILT/ 500 MLT (F) 71 72 MRNG MXG HGT (M) 500 500 STAGNATION INDEX 0 3 3 STABILITY CLASS UNSTABLE STABLE UNSTABLE MAXIMUM LVORI 6 8 9 DISPERSION INDEX 66 3 84 FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY MODERATE FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ LAZ056>065-302300- ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 40 10 20 TEMP 82 64 84 RH % 55 100 48 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 3-7 SW 1-5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 6-10 SW 3-7 S 6-10 AVG PCPN AMT (IN) 0.08 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION (HR) 2 MIXING HGT(M-AGL/MSL) 2573 2535 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 7 SW 4 VENT RATE (M**2/S) 18011 10140 CATEGORY DAY 5 4 SILT/ 500 MLT (F) 71 72 MRNG MXG HGT (M) 500 500 STAGNATION INDEX 0 3 3 STABILITY CLASS UNSTABLE STABLE UNSTABLE MAXIMUM LVORI 6 9 9 DISPERSION INDEX 90 1 80 FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY MODERATE FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ LAZ066>070-302300- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 731 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 10 20 TEMP 79 65 82 RH % 60 100 56 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 3-7 SW 1-5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 7-11 SW 4-8 S 6-10 AVG PCPN AMT (IN) 0.05 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION (HR) 2 MIXING HGT(M-AGL/MSL) 2403 2313 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 7 SW 6 VENT RATE (M**2/S) 16821 13878 CATEGORY DAY 5 4 SILT/ 500 MLT (F) 71 72 MRNG MXG HGT (M) 500 500 STAGNATION INDEX 1 3 3 STABILITY CLASS UNSTABLE STABLE UNSTABLE MAXIMUM LVORI 4 7 9 DISPERSION INDEX 78 1 79 FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY MODERATE FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. $$