Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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FNUS74 KSHV 090823
FWSSHV
Spot Forecast for Backbone...USFS
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
323 AM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on August 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (318) 631-3669 ext. 241, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Nearly identical conditions forecast today that we saw on Friday.
Look for minimum afternoon humidity near 45 percent with mostly
Southeast to East 20ft winds with speeds below 10 mph. There
will be very isolated thunderstorm chances this afternoon
and again Sunday Afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 8 7 9 15 27 40 44 52 44 40
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 10 10
Temp............74 77 81 87 90 91 93 94 93 93 92
RH..............97 90 82 65 58 54 49 48 49 47 51
20 FT wind dir..N N S SE SE SE SE SE E E E
20 FT wind mph..0 0 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.3 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.5 1.6 3.0 4.2 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.6 4.7 5.1
Transp wind dir.S S S SE SE E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
Trans wind dir..S S S SE SE E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
Dispersion idx..4 4 10 18 31 27 38 40 40 34 36
LVORI...........7 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45 52 50 39 25 17 7 7 8 9 9 12
CWR.............10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............89 87 84 81 80 79 78 77 77 76 75 74
RH..............54 59 67 74 77 79 79 85 85 87 90 93
20 FT wind dir..E E E SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW
20 FT wind mph..2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...4.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 3
Trans wind dir..E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1
Dispersion idx..41 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 30 percent in the
afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 92.
RH..................Min 54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 3 mph shifting to the east 3
to 7 mph early in the morning.
Transport winds m/s.East 1 to 3 meters/second.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 13 late in the morning, then
increasing to 28 late in the morning increasing
to 42 late in the morning increasing to 53
decreasing to 42 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12 18 16 19 21 26 37 43 42 41 41 42
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30 30
Temp............74 73 76 81 85 87 88 90 90 90 90 88
RH..............93 97 94 79 70 63 61 56 56 54 54 57
20 FT wind dir..SW SW E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind mph..1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.3 3 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.9 2.3 3.8 5.0 6.0 6.6 7.0 7.0 6.3 4.6
Transp wind dir.S SE E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Trans wind dir..S SE E E E E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Dispersion idx..2 3 4 13 28 38 43 46 51 54 53 42
LVORI...........7 8 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
$$
Forecaster...BERRY
Requested by...Robert Verdie
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519598.0/SHV
.DELDT 08/09/25
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.EMAIL robert_verdie@firenet.gov