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The Area Forecast Matrix was discontinued after the 430 AM Friday, December19, 2003 issuance.
The Area Forecast Matrix was replaced by the Point Forecast Matrix which presents nearly
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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
415 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

MSZ070-142345-
MCCOMB-PIKE MS 
31.18N  90.46W
415 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

DATE             WED 05/14/08            THU 05/15/08            FRI 05/16/08
UTC 3HRLY     08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23
CDT 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN                      83          68          83          65          78
TEMP          66 65 70 78 82 80 75 71 69 68 73 80 83 81 77 71 67 65 67 74 78 77
DEWPT         62 63 66 69 71 70 70 71 69 68 72 73 73 73 72 70 66 60 56 54 54 55
RH            87 93 87 74 69 72 84100100100 97 79 72 77 85 97 97 84 68 50 43 47
WIND DIR       S  S SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD       5  4 10 13 13 10 11 10  9 10 10 10 10  9  9  8  6  4  6 10 10  8
CLOUDS        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR                     50          40          60          40          10
QPF 12HR                   0.25        0.13        0.57        0.19           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C            
TSTMS          S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C            
HEAT INDEX                86 83                84 89 86                        
MAX HEAT                     88                84    89    84                  


DATE               SAT 05/17/08  SUN 05/18/08  MON 05/19/08  TUE 05/20/08
UTC 6HRLY     05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23
CDT 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX            55      85      60      85      64      86      65      86
TEMP          63   55 73 83 67   60 78 83 70   64 80 84 73   65 80 83
DEWPT         51   47 51 57 57   56 58 59 60   60 61 61 65   65 67 66
PWIND DIR           N      NW       W       W      SW      SW      SW      NW
WIND CHAR          LT      LT      LT      GN      LT      LT      GN      GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR            5       5       5      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS                                                       S  S
TSTMS                                                            S  S

$$
LAZ048-142345-
BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE LA 
30.54N  91.15W
415 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

DATE             WED 05/14/08            THU 05/15/08            FRI 05/16/08
UTC 3HRLY     08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23
CDT 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN                      84          71          84          67          78
TEMP          71 68 74 79 83 81 77 74 72 71 75 82 84 82 78 73 69 67 69 74 77 75
DEWPT         64 66 70 73 74 72 72 72 72 71 73 74 74 73 73 72 69 63 59 57 56 55
RH            79 93 87 82 74 74 85 93100100 94 77 72 74 85 97100 87 70 55 48 50
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
WIND SPD       5  4 13 14 17 13 10  9  8  9 10 11 11 10  8  5  5  5  6 10 10  8
CLOUDS        B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR                     50          40          60          40          10
QPF 12HR                   0.28        0.08        0.58        0.25           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C            
TSTMS          S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C            
HEAT INDEX                90 85                88 91 87                        
MAX HEAT                     91    84          88    91    86                  


DATE               SAT 05/17/08  SUN 05/18/08  MON 05/19/08  TUE 05/20/08
UTC 6HRLY     05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23
CDT 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX            57      85      63      87      65      86      67      87
TEMP          63   57 76 83 69   63 79 85 71   65 80 84 74   67 81 85
DEWPT         53   49 51 58 57   57 59 63 62   61 60 65 68   67 69 68
PWIND DIR           N      NW       W       W      SW      SW      SW       W
WIND CHAR          LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      GN      LT      LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR            5       5       5      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS                                                       S  S
TSTMS                                                            S  S

$$
LAZ061-142345-
NEW ORLEANS-ORLEANS LA 
29.98N  90.25W
415 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

DATE             WED 05/14/08            THU 05/15/08            FRI 05/16/08
UTC 3HRLY     08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23
CDT 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN                      84          72          84          69          79
TEMP          71 69 74 80 83 81 77 74 72 72 76 82 84 82 79 74 71 69 71 76 78 76
DEWPT         66 67 70 72 72 71 71 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 72 71 69 66 62 59 57
RH            84 93 87 77 70 72 82 93100100 90 74 70 74 82 93100100 84 62 52 52
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD       6  5 13 17 18 13 11 10  8  9 12 16 14 12  9  8  9 10 12 14 14 14
CLOUDS        B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     50          30          60          40          20
QPF 12HR                   0.11        0.03        0.61        0.36        0.03
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
TSTMS          S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
HEAT INDEX             82 88 84                87 90 87                        
MAX HEAT               84    90    83          87    90    86                  


DATE               SAT 05/17/08  SUN 05/18/08  MON 05/19/08  TUE 05/20/08
UTC 6HRLY     05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23
CDT 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX            60      83      65      86      68      86      69      87
TEMP          65   60 75 81 71   65 79 84 72   68 80 84 75   69 81 84
DEWPT         54   52 52 58 58   58 60 65 62   63 63 64 68   69 71 69
PWIND DIR           N       W       W       W      SW      SW      SW       W
WIND CHAR          GN      LT      LT      LT      GN      GN      GN      GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR            5       5       5      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS                                                       S  S
TSTMS                                                            S  S

$$
MSZ081-142345-
GULFPORT-HARRISON MS 
30.40N  89.07W
415 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

DATE             WED 05/14/08            THU 05/15/08            FRI 05/16/08
UTC 3HRLY     08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23
CDT 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN                      83          73          83          69          80
TEMP          69 66 73 79 82 81 78 75 73 73 76 81 83 81 78 74 71 69 71 76 80 78
DEWPT         64 65 65 66 66 67 68 70 72 73 73 72 72 73 73 72 71 69 67 61 57 55
RH            84 97 76 64 58 63 71 84 97100 90 74 70 77 85 93100100 87 60 45 45
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S SW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD       5  5 12 14 17 13 11  9  8  9 11 13 14 12 10  6  5  6  9 12 12 11
CLOUDS        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     40          40          60          40          20
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.06        0.56        0.58        0.03
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
TSTMS          S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
HEAT INDEX                84 83                85 88 86                   80   
MAX HEAT                     85    82          85    89    84                80


DATE               SAT 05/17/08  SUN 05/18/08  MON 05/19/08  TUE 05/20/08
UTC 6HRLY     05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23 05   11 17 23
CDT 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX            58      83      62      86      69      84      70      86
TEMP          65   58 75 81 69   62 79 83 70   69 81 83 73   70 80 84
DEWPT         52   50 49 57 59   58 61 62 62   62 63 63 65   70 70 70
PWIND DIR           N       W       W       W      SW      SW      SW       W
WIND CHAR          LT      LT      GN      LT      LT      GN      GN      GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR            5       5       5      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS                                                       S  S
TSTMS                                                            S  S

$$





 

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