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Spot Forecast for USCG Oil Spill Main Pass 34...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
222 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

We can be reached at (985) 649-0357 if you have questions or concerns
with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Humidity values will continue to increase through the
weekend as southerly winds persist. The next chance of
wetting rainfall will be Sunday through Tuesday as a
weak front stalls over the area.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Dewpoint............60.
Max apparent temp...75.
Surface winds (kts).South winds around 9 knots.
Transport winds.....South around 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South around 5 meters/second.
Wave height.........2 feet.
Wave period.........1 second.
Ceiling (KFT).......25.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 7 knots.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0
Temp............74  74  75  74
Dewpoint........60  60  60  60
Aparnt tmp (F)..74  74  75  74
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.11  11  11  11
SFC wnd dir.....SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC wnd spd kts.9   9   9   9
SFC wnd gst.....11  11  11  11
Transp wind dir.SSE SSE S   S
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  12
Trans wind dir..SSE SSE S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   5   5   5
Wave period (s).1   1   1   1
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2
Ceiling (kft)...25  25  25  25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Dewpoint............63 increasing to 66 overnight.
Max apparent temp...74.
Surface winds (kts).South winds 8 to 9 knots.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 16 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 7 meters/second.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........1 second.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 7 knots.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   4   11  15  26  32  40  43  50  50  49  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  72  71  69  69  68  68  68  69  68  68  68
Dewpoint........61  62  62  63  64  64  65  65  66  66  66  66
Aparnt tmp (F)..74  72  71  69  69  68  68  68  69  68  68  68
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.11  10  10  10  11  11  11  11  11  11  11  11
SFC wnd dir.....SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC wnd spd kts.9   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
SFC wnd gst.....11  10  10  10  11  11  11  11  11  11  11  11
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  15  15  15  16  16  16  16  16  16  15  15
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
Wave period (s).1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Ceiling (kft)...25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Dewpoint............67.
Max apparent temp...77.
Surface winds (kts).South winds 9 to 13 knots.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 18 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 8 meters/second.
Wave height.........2 feet building to 3 feet in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Wave period.........1 second.
Ceiling (KFT).......22 decreasing to 18 early in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 13 late in the morning. Decreasing
                    to 8.2 early in the afternoon then decreasing
                    to 3.9 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 11 knots.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40  28  14  14  13  13  12  11  11  14  18  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  68  69  72  74  74  75  77  77  77  77  77
Dewpoint........66  67  67  68  67  68  67  67  68  69  69  69
Aparnt tmp (F)..68  68  69  72  74  74  75  77  77  77  77  77
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..9   10  10  11  12  12  13  13  12  12  11  10
20 FT wind gust.11  12  12  13  14  14  16  16  14  14  13  12
SFC wnd dir.....SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC wnd spd kts.9   10  10  11  12  12  13  13  12  12  11  10
SFC wnd gst.....11  12  12  13  14  14  16  16  14  14  13  12
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  17  17  17  18  18  18  17  17  17  14  14
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   6   6
Wave period (s).0   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Ceiling (kft)...24  22  18  13  9.3 8.7 9.4 9.8 8.2 6.1 4.4 3.9

$$
Forecaster...GRIGSBY
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2510916.0/LIX
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL secnolaimd@uscg.mil,brandi.todd@noaa.gov