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Spot Forecast for Barksdale Piles...FWS
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1138 AM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on June 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact Gary here at your
National Weather Service office at (318) 631-3669 ext. 234, or if
you have questions or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Good looking afternoon on tap with SW winds continuing 6-8 mph
with some gusts into the mid teens possible. Min RH this afternoon
may touch an upper 40% range, before increasing again toward
sundown. More low clouds arriving overnight with SW winds
extending from the ground up to an inversion near 10kft. Good
smoke lift and transport towards the NE. Best regards.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  47  46  44  42  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............88  89  90  91  92  93
RH..............61  59  58  56  52  51
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind mph..8   8   7   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.13  12  10  10  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.1
Mix hgt (km)....1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  12  12  12  9   9
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).6   5   5   5   4   4
Dispersion Ida..68  71  73  73  57  54
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........39  36  32  29  27  28  40  43  42  50  58  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............91  89  87  86  84  82  80  80  79  78  78  77
RH..............54  57  60  64  68  72  77  77  79  82  85  88
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S
20 FT wind mph..7   6   5   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.10  12  12  10  9   9   9   9   9   13  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 3.1 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.0
Mix hgt (km)....1.5 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.10  12  8   8   8   8   8   9   10  12  12  12
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).4   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5
Dispersion Ida..57  5   4   4   4   4   4   6   7   8   8   8
LVORI...........1   2   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   5   5

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........41  39  40  32  35  26  23  19  19  18  17  19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............77  76  78  81  84  86  89  91  92  93  94  93
RH..............88  90  88  79  72  68  61  58  54  52  49  51
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind mph..6   6   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.12  14  17  16  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.2 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.3 4.1 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  13  17  17  18  16  16  16  18  18  17  16
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Trans spd (m/s).5   6   8   8   8   7   7   7   8   8   8   7
Dispersion Ida..8   19  42  55  67  66  78  88  106 113 109 98
LVORI...........5   4   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...CHATELAIN
Requested by...Randy Cozad
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2515462.0/SHV
.DELDT 06/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL randy_cozad@fws.gov,gunther_keller@fws.gov