FNUS74 KLIX 180946 FWSLIX Spot Forecast for Desoto Silviculture Unit 11...USFS National Weather Service New Orleans LA 446 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. We can be reached at (985) 649-0357 if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Fire weather concerns are limited as moisture continues to move back into the area leading to gradually increasing rain chances. Showers and storms should mainly be limited to areas west of the I-55 corridor today and Tuesday, spreading eastward toward the I-59 corridor midweek, and then becoming more area-wide Thursday through the weekend. Over the next 7 days forecast rainfall totals vary from 2-3 inches across northwestern areas to less than an inch for extreme southeast Louisiana and much of the Mississippi coast, though obviously point-specific totals will depend on exact locations of any heavier thunderstorms. For most of the area, for most of the week, minimum humidities are likely to be 60 percent or higher every day. .QUESTIONS... What is the chance for fog including density and coverage over the burn site post ignition? Not seeing any strong indications of widespread or dense fog in the area. However, some light or patchy fog can't be ruled out near/ at the burn site primarily from 3AM-7AM, if mixed with smoke could briefly reduce VIS in a few spots. Will we see any chance of a Sea-Breeze set up over the burn area post ignition? Thanks Cliff Doesn't appear to be a well-defined seabreeze today thanks to persistent/breezy SE winds. Rather, winds pick up mid/late morning and remain out of the southeast through the afternoon/evening without any significant wind shift. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 86. Min humidity........63 percent. Dewpoint............70. Max apparent temp...92. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 12 mph. Mixing height (m)...122-1158 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 17 mph. Transport winds m/s.Southeast 4 to 8 meters/second. LVORI...............4. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........56 46 41 19 47 41 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 20 0 0 Temp............72 74 81 85 86 85 Dewpoint........69 70 71 72 72 72 RH..............90 87 72 65 63 65 Aparnt tmp (F)..72 74 85 91 92 91 20 FT wind dir..ESE SE SE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT wind spd..5 7 10 12 13 12 20 FT wind gust.9 13 16 20 22 20 Mix hgt (m).....120 430 940 1100 1040 1070 Transp wind dir.SE SE SSE SSE S SSE Transp wind spd.8 13 16 17 17 16 Trans wind dir..SE SE SSE SSE S SSE Trans spd (m/s).4 6 7 8 8 7 LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 72. Max humidity........87 percent. Dewpoint............71. Max apparent temp...90. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening and overnight becoming light. Mixing height (m)...152-853 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 16 mph. Transport winds m/s.Southeast 4 to 7 meters/second. LVORI...............5. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........41 38 66 82 88 76 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............84 78 76 76 75 74 Dewpoint........72 72 72 72 71 70 RH..............67 82 87 87 87 87 Aparnt tmp (F)..90 78 76 76 75 74 20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..12 8 7 5 3 3 20 FT wind gust.17 14 13 10 8 7 Mix hgt (m).....850 300 210 240 180 150 Transp wind dir.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE Transp wind spd.16 12 10 10 9 8 Trans wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE Trans spd (m/s).7 5 4 4 4 4 LVORI...........3 4 5 5 6 6 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 88. Min humidity........55 percent. Dewpoint............71. Max apparent temp...93. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph. Mixing height (m)...152-1554 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 14 mph. Transport winds m/s.Southeast 4 to 6 meters/second. LVORI...............4. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........84 54 53 44 38 33 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 Temp............73 74 82 86 88 87 Dewpoint........70 71 71 71 70 70 RH..............90 90 69 61 55 57 Aparnt tmp (F)..73 74 86 91 93 92 20 FT wind dir..ESE SE SE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT wind spd..3 6 9 9 10 10 20 FT wind gust.9 12 14 16 18 17 Mix hgt (m).....150 430 910 1250 1550 1340 Transp wind dir.SE SE SSE SSE S SSE Transp wind spd.9 10 14 14 14 12 Trans wind dir..SE SE SSE SSE S SSE Trans spd (m/s).4 4 6 6 6 5 LVORI...........5 4 1 1 1 1 $$ Forecaster...GILMORE Requested by...Cliff Willis Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2613601.4/LIX .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov