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FNUS74 KLIX 211506
FWSLIX

Spot Forecast for French Naval Vessel Arrival...USCG
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1006 AM CDT Mon Apr 21 2025

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.DISCUSSION...

A warm and muggy day is on tap as southerly winds around 10 mph continue.
Widely scattered showers will continue to develop this morning and linger
into the early afternoon hours before ending by late this afternoon.  An
isolated thunderstorm may develop over the next 6 hours, and lightning
would be the primary concern with any storm that forms.  Fortunately,
the risk of thunderstorms is overall low.  Temperatures will climb back
into the lower 80s this afternoon and will only cool into the low 70s
tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of showers
                    in the late morning and early afternoon. Slight
                    chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and
                    early afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 8 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late morning
                    and early afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  66  74  79  60  44  59  61
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............78  79  80  81  81  81  82  81
RH..............79  77  74  69  69  67  65  67
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   10  10  10  10  10  10  8
20 FT wind gust.15  16  16  16  16  15  14  13
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.8   10  10  10  10  10  10  8
Surface wnd gst.15  16  16  16  16  15  14  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southeast around 5 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........70  62  65  63  50  44  39  52  38  54  63  55
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            RW
Tstm cov........                                            SCH
Temp............81  79  75  75  73  73  72  72  72  72  71  71
RH..............67  72  82  84  90  90  93  93  93  90  93  93
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SSE SSE SSE SE  SSE SE  SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.12  9   9   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   6
Surface wnd dir.S   S   SSE SSE SSE SE  SSE SE  SSE SSE SSE SSE
Surface wnd spd.7   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   2
Surface wnd gst.12  9   9   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   6

$$
Forecaster...GRIGSBY
Requested by...LCDR Ben Walsh
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2511173.0/LIX
.DELDT 04/21/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ben.walsh@uscg.mil