Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
597
FNUS74 KLIX 081520
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Big Line Fire...USFS
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
920 AM CST Sat Mar 8 2025
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Areas of fog this morning will gradually lift by midday.
Another round of wetting rains is expected today into tonight in
association with a passing low pressure system and front. Behind
the front, drier air and lower humidity will once again take hold
for the start of the new week. A weak low pressure system could
bring some light rain back to the area by mid-week.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Dewpoint............64.
Max apparent temp...77.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...335-945 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph shifting to the
southeast around 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.North around 4 meters/second shifting to the
southeast late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Rainfall amount.....0.12 inches.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 4 mph shifting to the around 4
mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........66 76 79 67
Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 40 30
Temp............71 76 77 77
Dewpoint........65 64 64 64
RH..............81 66 64 64
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 76 77 77
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E ESE
20 FT wind spd..3 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.8 10 10 12
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE E ESE
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 6 7
Mix hgt (m).....340 940 940 610
Transp wind dir.NNE ENE ENE ESE
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 9
Trans wind dir..NNE ENE ENE ESE
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4
LVORI...........4 3 2 2
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers likely
in the evening. Chance of thunderstorms through
the night. Chance of showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............63.
Max apparent temp...73.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph early
in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height (m)...122-244 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 2 to 4 meters/second.
LVORI...............6.
Rainfall amount.....0.20 inches.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 3 mph shifting to the north
up to 4 mph overnight, then shifting to the
around 4 mph early in the morning.
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........88 80 86 88 90 92
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 70 50 40 50
Temp............73 68 66 66 65 63
Dewpoint........63 64 64 64 64 63
RH..............71 87 93 93 97 100
Aparnt tmp (F)..73 68 66 66 65 63
20 FT wind dir..ESE ESE ESE ESE E N
20 FT wind spd..5 5 3 3 5 6
20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 9 9 12
Eye lvl wnd dir.ESE ESE ESE ESE E N
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 2 2 3 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 5 7
Mix hgt (m).....240 240 180 180 180 120
Transp wind dir.ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE S
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 8 8 5
Trans wind dir..ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE S
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 2
LVORI...........3 6 6 6 8 9
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers
through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms
early in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Dewpoint............60 decreasing to 56 late in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...72.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
northwest around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the morning. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-945 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northwest 3 to 4 meters/second.
LVORI...............5.
Rainfall amount.....0.04 inches.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
around 4 mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........92 73 64 62 51 51
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 30 30 30 30
Temp............62 62 67 70 71 70
Dewpoint........62 60 59 60 60 58
RH..............100 93 75 71 67 65
Aparnt tmp (F)..62 62 67 70 71 70
20 FT wind dir..N N NNE NNE NNW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 8
20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 12 13 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N NNE NNE NNW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 7 8 7 8 8
Mix hgt (m).....120 120 370 550 550 940
Transp wind dir.N N N NNW NNW WNW
Transp wind spd.8 8 9 7 7 10
Trans wind dir..N N N NNW NNW WNW
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 3 3 4
LVORI...........8 6 4 3 3 3
$$
Forecaster...WILLIAMS
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2505374.0/LIX
.DELDT 03/08/25
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.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov