Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
437
FNUS74 KLIX 062217
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for O-07 NE & S...USFWS
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
517 PM CDT Wed May 6 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Humidity values will increase and remain elevated through the
rest of the week. Minimum RH values will rise to 60 to 70 percent
for the rest of the week. Rain chances will increase starting late
Wednesday night and then continue through the end of the week as
a weak front stalls along the coast.
1) Please update on the possibility of fog overnight into
tomorrow morning -- Light patchy fog is possible, but not likely,
around sunrise for several hours.
2) Timing and accumulation amounts of rain expected -- Rain
begins around midnight and continues through the day with
accumulations of 0.5 to 1 inch, followed by rain again on Friday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........82 percent.
Dewpoint............75.
Max apparent temp...87.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 14 mph.
Mixing height (m)...579 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 21 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South around 9 meters/second.
LVORI...............3.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
TIME (CDT) 5PM
Sky (%).........47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10
Temp............81
Dewpoint........75
RH..............82
Aparnt tmp (F)..87
20 FT wind dir..S
20 FT wind spd..15
20 FT wind gust.23
Mix hgt (km)....0.6
Transp wind dir.S
Transp wind spd.21
Trans wind dir..S
Trans spd (m/s).9
LVORI...........3
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 72.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Dewpoint............73.
Max apparent temp...87.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height (m)...152-457 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 20 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 9 meters/second.
LVORI...............6.
Rainfall amount.....0.10 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........41 68 83 80 82 77 82 86 82 77 69 77
Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30
Temp............81 78 77 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 74 74
Dewpoint........75 75 74 73 73 73 73 72 72 72 71 71
RH..............82 91 90 90 90 88 90 87 87 87 90 90
Aparnt tmp (F)..87 78 77 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 74 74
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 9 9
20 FT wind gust.22 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW
Transp wind spd.20 18 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 14 14
Trans wind dir..S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW
Trans spd (m/s).9 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6
LVORI...........4 7 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Showers likely in
the morning. Chance of thunderstorms through
the day. Chance of showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Dewpoint............71.
Max apparent temp...86.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest
around 6 mph 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)...152-610 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 15 mph shifting to the
northwest 7 to 12 mph late in the morning.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 6 meters/second shifting to
the northwest 3 to 5 meters/second late in the
morning.
LVORI...............4.
Rainfall amount.....0.26 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79 81 74 80 84 83 73 73 74 53 73 60
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 40 50 60 50 40 30 30 20 10 10
Temp............73 73 72 74 76 76 78 79 80 80 82 80
Dewpoint........71 70 72 73 73 72 73 72 72 71 71 70
RH..............93 90 100 97 90 87 85 79 77 74 69 72
Aparnt tmp (F)..73 73 72 74 76 76 78 79 84 83 86 83
20 FT wind dir..SW SW WSW W W W WNW NW NNW NNW NNW NNW
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.18 18 17 16 15 14 14 13 12 10 10 9
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW SW WSW WSW W WNW WNW W WNW NNW NNW NNW
Transp wind spd.14 15 14 15 14 12 9 9 8 8 8 7
Trans wind dir..SW SW WSW WSW W WNW WNW W WNW NNW NNW NNW
Trans spd (m/s).6 7 6 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3
LVORI...........5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
$$
Forecaster...SCHLOTZHAUER
Requested by...David Stoesz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612733.3/LIX
.DELDT 05/06/26
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.EMAIL jeremy_edwardson@fws.gov,sami_gray@fws.gov,david_stoesz@fws.gov