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Spot Forecast for KIF-Backbone...USFS
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
912 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on August 18.
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.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Good evening, It will be mild to start the day on Monday with
temperatures around 77 degrees around 8 am before reaching a
maximum of around 97 degrees by the afternoon hours. RH values
will be around 90 percent at 8 am before reaching a minimum of
around 50 percent by the afternoon. Winds are expected to
generally be light through the day Monday, however, with showers
and thunderstorms possible during the afternoon there could be
some gusty and erratic winds near any of the stronger
thunderstorms as well as from any outflow boundaries that may
develop. Winds will start out of the northwest during the early
morning hours, shifting to the north around noon and then to the
northeast by the late afternoon and into the evening. Mixing
heights will start out in the morning around 300 feet but during
the afternoon will be around 6700 feet. Transport winds will be
out of the northwest in the morning around 7 mph, shifting to the
northeast around 6-8 mph later in the morning and into the
afternoon hours.

.MONDAY...

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.........77 at forecast start...Max 97.
RH..................90 percent at forecast start...Min 48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 1 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise Light winds. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 6700
                    ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 6 to 8 mph late in the morning.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 3 to 4 meters/second.
Dispersion index....11 increasing to 28 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 42 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 50 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 37.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........11     11     16     42     39
Weather cov.....                     CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     CHANCE CHANCE
CWR.............0      10     10     30     30
Temp............77     88     94     95     96
RH..............90     68     53     49     48
20 ft wind......NW 1   N 1    N 2    N 2    NE 2
20 ft wind gust.3      7      8      9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....300    1700   4800   6700   3900
Transport wind..NW 7   N 7    NE 7   NE 6   E 7
Tran wind (m/s).NW 3   N 3    NE 3   NE 3   E 3
Dispersion idx..7      15     42     46     34
LVORI...........5      3      1      1      2

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Temperature.........Min 74.
RH..................Max 100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 8 mph shifting to the west
                    around 9 mph early in the evening, then
                    shifting to the south around 10 mph late in the
                    evening shifting to the southeast 7 to 9 mph
                    late in the evening shifting to the southwest 3
                    to 5 mph shifting to the west around 3 mph
                    after 3 am.
Transport winds m/s.East around 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    southeast early in the evening, then shifting
                    to the west early in the evening shifting to
                    the south late in the evening shifting to the
                    southeast 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    southwest 1 to 2 meters/second overnight
                    shifting to the west around 1 meters/second.
Dispersion index....21 decreasing to 3.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........53     70     42     34     30     29
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE
CWR.............30     10     10     10     0      0
Temp............91     83     79     77     76     75
RH..............56     77     88     90     94     97
20 ft wind......E 2    S 1    N 0    N 0    N 0    N 0
20 ft wind gust.8      6      3      3      3      3
Mix hgt (ft)....2000   300    300    300    300    300
Transport wind..E 8    W 9    SE 9   S 7    SW 3   W 3
Tran wind (m/s).E 4    W 4    SE 4   S 3    SW 1   W 1
Dispersion idx..21     4      4      3      2      2
LVORI...........2      4      5      6      7      7

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 97.
RH..................Min 45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 3 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 1 to 4 meters/second.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 18 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 37 late in the morning increasing
                    to 61 early in the afternoon increasing to 84
                    decreasing to 69 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 46.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........22     18     17     20     22     22
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............0      0      0      0      20     20
Temp............75     79     87     92     96     97
RH..............97     88     70     56     46     45
20 ft wind......NW 1   N 1    N 2    NE 2   NE 2   NE 2
20 ft wind gust.5      6      7      8      9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....300    700    2400   6000   7600   6200
Transport wind..NW 3   N 3    NE 6   NE 8   NE 9   NE 9
Tran wind (m/s).NW 1   N 1    NE 3   NE 4   NE 4   NE 4
Dispersion idx..1      4      18     61     87     69
LVORI...........8      5      3      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...THORNE
Requested by...Robert Verdie, PSC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/17/25
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.EMAIL robverdie@gmail.com