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The Area Forecast Matrix was discontinued after the 430 AM Friday, December19, 2003 issuance.
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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
331 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

MSZ070-141100-
MCCOMB-PIKE MS 
31.18N  90.46W ELEV. 380 FT
331 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

DATE           10/13/08      TUE 10/14/08            WED 10/15/08            THU
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                      67          84          65          84          63
TEMP          80 75 71 68 67 69 74 83 83 72 68 66 65 66 74 83 83 74 69 65 63 64
DEWPT         69 70 69 68 67 67 67 67 67 68 67 66 65 65 65 65 65 65 64 63 62 62
RH            69 84 93100100 93 79 59 59 87 97100100 97 74 55 55 74 84 93 97 93
WIND DIR       E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  E
WIND SPD      10  6  5  4  6  8 10  9  9  4  3  3  4  5  9  9  6  3  4  4  3  2
CLOUDS        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     C  S  S        S  S  S  S                                       
HEAT INDEX    83                   86 86                   85 85               
MAX HEAT         83                86    87                85    86            


DATE           10/16  FRI 10/17/08  SAT 10/18/08  SUN 10/19/08  MON 10/20/08
CDT 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          85      65    82      62    80      57    79      55    79
TEMP          84 76   67 67 81 74   65 64 79 71   60 59 78 69   58 57 78 69
DEWPT         63 64   64 64 63 61   59 56 56 56   55 55 57 59   57 55 58 62
PWIND DIR         S       S     W       N     N      NE    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10      30    30      10     5       5     5       5    10
RAIN SHWRS                C  C  C                                          
TSTMS                     C  C  C                                          

$$
LAZ048-141100-
BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE LA 
30.54N  91.15W ELEV. 64 FT
331 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

DATE           10/13/08      TUE 10/14/08            WED 10/15/08            THU
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                      68          85          67          85          65
TEMP          83 77 73 70 68 70 75 84 84 75 70 68 67 68 75 84 84 75 69 67 66 67
DEWPT         70 71 70 69 68 69 69 70 70 70 69 68 67 67 68 68 67 66 67 67 66 66
RH            65 82 90 97100 97 82 63 63 84 97100100 97 79 59 57 74 93100100 97
WIND DIR       E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E SE  E  E NE
WIND SPD      13 11  6  5  5  8 12 12 13 10  6  6  6  6 12 11 11  8  5  4  4  4
CLOUDS        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     C  S  S        S  S  S  S                                       
HEAT INDEX    87                   88 88                   87 87               
MAX HEAT         87                88    90                87    88            


DATE           10/16  FRI 10/17/08  SAT 10/18/08  SUN 10/19/08  MON 10/20/08
CDT 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          85      66    83      64    82      58    80      56    80
TEMP          83 76   68 68 82 75   66 66 81 73   61 60 79 72   60 58 79 72
DEWPT         65 65   65 65 64 63   61 58 57 56   56 56 58 60   58 56 60 64
PWIND DIR        SE      SW    NW       N     N      NE    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          5      20    30      10     5       5     5       5    10
RAIN SHWRS                S  C  C                                          
TSTMS                     S  C  C                                          

$$
LAZ061-141100-
NEW ORLEANS-ORLEANS LA 
29.98N  90.25W ELEV. 4 FT
331 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

DATE           10/13/08      TUE 10/14/08            WED 10/15/08            THU
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                      72          84          71          85          69
TEMP          82 77 74 72 72 73 77 83 83 75 72 71 71 72 76 83 84 77 74 70 69 70
DEWPT         71 71 71 71 70 70 71 71 71 70 70 69 69 68 68 69 69 69 68 68 67 66
RH            69 82 90 97 93 90 82 67 67 84 93 93 93 87 76 63 61 76 82 93 93 87
WIND DIR       E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE
WIND SPD      19 13 10  8 12 12 17 19 17 11 11 10 10 11 14 14 14 10  8  6  5  5
CLOUDS        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     20          20          10           5           5
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S                                       
HEAT INDEX    86                   88 88                   87 88               
MAX HEAT         87                88    89                87    89            
COAST FLOOD    A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


DATE           10/16  FRI 10/17/08  SAT 10/18/08  SUN 10/19/08  MON 10/20/08
CDT 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          85      70    84      69    82      64    80      61    80
TEMP          84 77   71 71 83 75   69 70 81 75   66 65 79 72   63 62 80 72
DEWPT         67 66   65 66 66 66   63 60 59 59   58 58 59 61   60 60 62 65
PWIND DIR        SE       S    NW       N     N      NE    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          5      20    30      10     5       5     5       5    10
RAIN SHWRS                S  C  C                                          
TSTMS                     S  C  C                                          

$$
MSZ081-141100-
GULFPORT-HARRISON MS 
30.40N  89.07W ELEV. 42 FT
331 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

DATE           10/13/08      TUE 10/14/08            WED 10/15/08            THU
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                      69          83          66          83          64
TEMP          79 76 73 71 69 70 75 82 82 73 69 67 66 67 74 82 82 75 70 66 64 66
DEWPT         70 71 70 69 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 67 66 66 67 67 66 65 64 64 63 63
RH            74 85 90 93 97 93 79 63 63 84 93100100 97 79 61 58 71 81 93 97 90
WIND DIR       E  E  N NE  E NE  E  E  E SE  E NE NE  E  E SE SE SE  E  E NE  N
WIND SPD      11  4  4  8 10  9 13 13 11  8  8  5  6  9 11 12 10  6  4  3  4  4
CLOUDS        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00                        
RAIN SHWRS     C  S  S        S  S  S  S                                       
HEAT INDEX                         85 85                   85 84               
MAX HEAT         83                85    86                85    86            


DATE           10/16  FRI 10/17/08  SAT 10/18/08  SUN 10/19/08  MON 10/20/08
CDT 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          84      66    84      63    82      58    79      57    80
TEMP          83 76   68 68 83 73   65 65 81 74   62 60 78 70   60 59 79 70
DEWPT         65 65   65 65 66 65   62 59 57 57   57 58 59 60   58 57 60 64
PWIND DIR        SE      SW     W       N     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          5      10    30      10     5       5     5       5    10
RAIN SHWRS                   C  C                                          
TSTMS                        C  C                                          

$$





 

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