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Weather Update 0600 hrs 080808

0600 Hazmat Forecast 8/08/08 for New Orleans

			Fri		Fri Night	Saturday	Sat Night
Sunrise/Sunset:		0623		1948		0624		1948

Wind Dir/Speed:	NW/5		NW/6		N/5		SW/5
			        
Max Min Temp:		92		73		92		77

Rainfall Amount:	0.55"		0.10”		0.20”		0.01”

Rain/TS Chance:	60%		30%		30%		20%

Visibility:		8sm		5sm		8sm		8sm

River Stage:		5.5’		5.6’		5.7’		5.7’		


Forecast Briefing:

.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...
THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
60 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 90.












0600 Hazmat Forecast 8/08/08 for Head of Passes

			Friday		Fri Night	Saturday	Sat Night
Sunrise/Sunset:		0623		1948		0624		1948

Wind Dir/Speed:	NW/8		W/7		N/6		SW/7
			        
Max Min Temp:		88		80		88		81

Rainfall Amount:	0.70"		0.15”		0.20”		0.02”

Rain/TS Chance:	60%		30%		30%		20%

Visibility:		8sm		8sm		8sm		8sm


Forecast Briefing:

.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...
THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 90.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS
AROUND 90. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.















Hazardous Weather Outlook:

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE AREA. MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL FALL BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS. BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE
MOST VULNERABLE AREAS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TIP OF MISSISSIPPI TO SLIDELL LOUISIANA. MAIN HAZARDS
WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...STRONG
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

MARINERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS TODAY AND MONITOR A WEATHER RADIO FOR
SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE MARINE
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH SATURDAY BRINGING THE
POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
BATON ROUGE TO NEW ORLEANS. MAIN HAZARDS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE...STRONG WINDS UP TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOW THEIR FORWARD SPEED TO 5 MPH OR LESS
SATURDAY OVER THESE AREAS CAUSING SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS TO HAVE
EXCESS RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN A SHORT TIME.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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