Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
350
FNUS74 KLIX 101738
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Grand Isle 59 MARLIN SARDINIA *OFFSHORE*...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1238 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
With recent rainfall and elevated relative humidity values,
critical fire weather conditions are not anticipated. The next
chance of measurable rainfall still looks to be on track
Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning ahead of and along a
cold front. We will see a return to cooler and drier air behind
the cold front with a couple days of afternoon relative humidity
values dropping into the mid 30s to mid 40s on Thursday and
Friday. There may be some light patchy fog overnight tonight.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
partly sunny (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........87 percent.
Max apparent temp...75.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 8 to 9 knots.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 4 to 5 meters/second.
Wave height.........2 feet.
Wave period.........6 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 1.8 early in the afternoon,
then increasing to 25 late in the afternoon
decreasing to 3.5 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 9 mph.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47 75 70 61 68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0
Temp............74 74 74 74 75
RH..............87 87 87 87 87
Aparnt tmp (F)..74 74 74 74 75
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..10 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 12 12
SFC wnd dir.....SE SE SE SE SE
SFC wnd spd kts.9 8 8 8 8
SFC wnd gst.....12 12 12 12 12
Transp wind dir.SSE SE SSE SE SE
Transp wind spd.12 12 10 9 10
Trans wind dir..SSE SE SSE SE SE
Trans spd (m/s).5 5 4 4 4
Wave period (s).6 6 5 5 5
Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2
Ceiling (kft)...25 1.8 25 25 3.5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Max apparent temp...73.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 8 to 14 knots.
Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 20 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 6 to 9 meters/second.
Wave height.........2 feet building to 3 feet overnight.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......2.7 increasing to 25 early in the evening, then
decreasing to 5.8 late in the evening
increasing to 25 late in the evening decreasing
to 2.7 increasing to 25 overnight decreasing to
1.3 increasing to 1.5 after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 15 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........74 78 81 74 77 84 75 75 77 81 84 70
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............73 73 73 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 72
RH..............90 90 90 90 93 93 97 93 93 97 93 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..73 73 73 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 72
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 15 16 16
20 FT wind gust.12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 20
SFC wnd dir.....SE SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
SFC wnd spd kts.8 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 14 14
SFC wnd gst.....12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 20
Transp wind dir.SE SSE SSE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
Transp wind spd.13 13 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 18 20 17
Trans wind dir..SE SSE SSE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8
Wave period (s).5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Ceiling (kft)...2.7 25 25 25 5.8 25 2.7 25 25 1.3 1.8 1.5
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........84 percent.
Max apparent temp...74.
Surface winds (kts).South winds 11 to 14 knots.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 18 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 8 meters/second.
Wave height.........3 feet.
Wave period.........6 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......1.3 increasing to 2.7.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 12 to 15 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........70 67 62 55 53 56 52 30 40 39 30 49
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
Temp............71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74
RH..............97 93 93 90 90 90 84 87 87 87 87 90
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..16 16 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT wind gust.20 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24
SFC wnd dir.....SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S S S
SFC wnd spd kts.14 14 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11
SFC wnd gst.....20 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24
Transp wind dir.SSE SSE SSE S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.17 18 18 16 17 15 14 13 13 13 14 15
Trans wind dir..SSE SSE SSE S S S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).8 8 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7
Wave period (s).5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Ceiling (kft)...1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Breezy. Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Patchy fog
overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs around 70. West winds
around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Northeast winds around 14 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 70s. East
winds around 8 mph.
$$
Forecaster...BANNAN
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2604973.5/LIX
.DELDT 03/10/26
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