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Spot Forecast for Kickapoo...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
615 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on May 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...please contact your
National Weather Service at (318) 631-3669 ext. 241, or if you
have questions or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Partly to mostly cloudy conditions will persist today with warm
and muggy air off the Gulf on S/SW winds. Speeds pick up late
morning with gusts in the lower 20 mph range. Your Min RH this mid
afternoon will get close to 50%. I will send the hysplit soon in
an email.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........56  71  79  71  68  66  67  70  71  75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............75  78  81  83  86  88  89  90  91  90
RH..............80  76  70  65  59  56  53  53  53  54
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind mph..8   8   10  10  10  9   9   9   7   7
20 FT wind gust.18  20  21  22  21  20  21  20  18  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.3 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.8 3.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.15  18  26  24  23  23  22  20  20  15
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).7   8   12  11  10  10  10  9   9   7
Dispersion idx..24  39  53  66  77  83  88  88  79  56
LVORI...........3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........82  85  81  72  68  71  79  70  60  58  76  79
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............89  87  84  81  80  80  79  79  78  78  76  76
RH..............56  60  69  75  80  79  77  79  78  82  85  87
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind mph..7   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.15  12  10  10  10  12  13  14  14  14  15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  9   10  9   10  10  12  13  14  15  15  15
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   4   4   4   4   4   5   6   6   7   7   7
Dispersion idx..29  6   0   1   5   6   7   8   9   10  10  8
LVORI...........2   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79  75  74  68  73  78  76  73  73  74  74  74
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  20  20
Temp............75  75  76  78  80  84  86  87  88  89  90  90
RH..............88  90  88  84  78  70  65  63  61  57  56  55
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind mph..6   8   8   8   10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.16  17  20  21  21  22  23  23  23  22  21  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  16  20  24  25  26  26  28  28  26  25  23
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).7   7   9   11  11  12  12  13  13  12  11  10
Dispersion idx..8   12  25  42  57  66  71  74  79  79  73  54
LVORI...........5   5   5   4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...CHATELAIN
Requested by...DF
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2514022.0/SHV
.DELDT 05/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jhawkins@tfs.tamu.edu