Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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Spot Forecast for Extex East Timbalier Oil Spill...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1145 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are forecast this
weekend as a weak boundary moves southward into the coastal waters.
The best timing for storms is in the overnight into the morning hours.
Winds will generally be light. Locally higher waves/seas, gusty
winds and waterspouts can occur near any stronger thunderstorms.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms overnight. Chance of
showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 83.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...93.
Surface winds (kts).Light winds.
Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the south around
5 mph overnight.
Transport winds m/s.South around 2 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 10 overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms overnight.
TIME (CDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6 12 20 25 24 20
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 30 40 30 30
Temp............84 84 84 84 84 84
Dewpoint........75 76 75 76 76 76
Aparnt tmp (F)..92 93 92 93 93 93
20 FT wind dir..N W WNW WNW NW N
20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 5 5 5
SFC wnd dir.....N W WNW WNW NW N
SFC wnd spd kts.2 3 3 3 3 3
SFC wnd gst.....4 4 4 5 5 5
Transp wind dir.NNW S S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.3 5 5 5 5 5
Trans wind dir..NNW S S S SW SW
Trans spd (m/s).1 2 2 2 2 2
Wave period (s).2 2 2 1 2 1
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...25 11 11 10 10 10
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...94.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds around 4 knots shifting to the
west late in the morning, then shifting to the
southwest around 5 knots in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph increasing to around 6
mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 2 meters/second increasing to
around 3 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........1 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 9.0 early in the morning, then
increasing to 10 late in the morning decreasing
to 5.8 early in the afternoon increasing to
8.5.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 4 knots
in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26 22 19 23 24 43 36 36 54 37 24 30
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC LKY CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC LKY CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 50 50 40 50 70 70 70 50 60 50
Temp............83 83 84 84 84 85 84 84 85 84 84 84
Dewpoint........76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75
Aparnt tmp (F)..91 91 93 93 93 94 93 93 94 93 93 92
20 FT wind dir..NNW NW NNW NW WNW W W WSW WSW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
SFC wnd dir.....NNW NW NNW NW WNW W W WSW WSW SW SW SW
SFC wnd spd kts.3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
SFC wnd gst.....5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
Transp wind dir.SW WNW WNW WNW W W W WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
Trans wind dir..SW WNW WNW WNW W W W WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW
Trans spd (m/s).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Wave period (s).1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...10 9.0 9.0 9.0 10 10 5.8 5.8 5.8 8.5 9.0 9.0
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Showers and thunderstorms likely overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 81.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...94.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds around 5 knots shifting to the
west around 4 knots early in the evening, then
shifting to the north late in the evening
shifting to the southeast overnight shifting to
the southwest increasing to west around 5 knots
overnight.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 6 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 1 to 3 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......3.5 increasing to 11 early in the evening, then
decreasing to 4.5 late in the evening
increasing to 11 late in the evening decreasing
to 3.5 increasing to 4.5 overnight decreasing
to 3.1.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 4 knots early in the
evening becoming light, then becoming southwest
around 4 knots overnight. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms overnight.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........29 43 45 41 39 34 41 35 33 34 48 54
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).50 30 20 20 20 10 10 30 30 40 50 60
Temp............85 84 85 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84
Dewpoint........75 76 75 76 75 76 76 76 76 75 76 76
Aparnt tmp (F)..94 93 94 93 92 93 93 93 93 92 93 93
20 FT wind dir..SW WSW WNW NNW NNW N SSE SW SW WSW WSW W
20 FT wind spd..5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
SFC wnd dir.....SW WSW WNW NNW NNW N SSE SW SW WSW WSW W
SFC wnd spd kts.5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
SFC wnd gst.....7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
Transp wind dir.WSW WNW WNW WNW WSW WSW WSW SW SW SW W W
Transp wind spd.6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6
Trans wind dir..WSW WNW WNW WNW WSW WSW WSW SW SW SW W W
Trans spd (m/s).3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3
Wave period (s).1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...3.5 11 11 4.5 11 11 11 3.5 4.5 4.5 3.5 3.1
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Showers with
thunderstorms likely.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...92.
Surface winds (kts).West winds 5 to 6 knots.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 3 to 4 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......3.2 early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 4 to 5 knots. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms in the
morning and early afternoon. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65 49 41 49 57 59 60 62 61 59 58 58
Weather cov.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).60 90 90 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 80 80
Temp............83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 84 84 84
Dewpoint........76 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75
Aparnt tmp (F)..91 91 91 91 91 91 90 90 91 91 92 92
20 FT wind dir..W NW W WNW WNW WNW WNW W W WSW WSW WSW
20 FT wind spd..5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
SFC wnd dir.....W NW W WNW WNW WNW WNW W W WSW WSW WSW
SFC wnd spd kts.5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
SFC wnd gst.....8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6
Trans wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Wave period (s).2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...3.2 3.5
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 80s. Highs in
the upper 80s. West winds around 4 knots.
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 80s. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around 4 knots.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly clear. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 80s. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around
5 knots.
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 80s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 80s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
Forecaster...LIM
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2520434.0/LIX
.DELDT 08/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brand.todd@noaa.gov