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Spot Forecast for NOAA Ship Oregon II...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
705 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2023

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.DISCUSSION...

Dissipating showers and thunderstorms have locally enhanced wind
speeds this evening, with a few gusts to near 30 knots. Wind
speeds should relax over the next 3 to 6 hours, with sustained winds
dropping below 15 knots around midnight CDT. Redevelopment of
thunderstorms is expected later in the night, with higher
probabilities beyond 3 AM CDT, continuing through at least mid
morning Thursday.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 11 to 15 knots.
Transport winds.....East 14 to 16 mph.
Wave height.........4 feet subsiding to 2 feet overnight.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 12 knots. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.

TIME (CDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........29  32  34  32  39  31  32  34  57  55
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  30  30  30  40  40  40  50  50
Temp............81  81  81  81  81  81  81  81  80  79
20 FT wind dir..E   E   ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE E   E
20 FT wind spd..15  15  12  12  12  12  12  11  11  11
20 FT wind gust.21  21  17  17  17  17  17  15  15  15
SFC wnd dir.....E   E   ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.15  15  12  12  12  12  12  11  11  11
SFC wnd gst.....21  21  17  17  17  17  17  15  15  15
Transp wind dir.E   E   ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE E   E
Transp wind spd.16  16  15  15  15  15  15  15  14  14
Wave period (s).5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wave height (ft)4   4   4   4   2   2   2   2   2   2
Ceiling (kft)...11  11  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 10 to 13 knots.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 17 mph.
Wave height.........3 feet.
Wave period.........6 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 4.5 early in the afternoon,
                    then increasing to 5.8 late in the afternoon
                    increasing to 8.5 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 11 knots. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    morning and early afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  43  31  57  15  6   8   4   3   5   9   10
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50  50  50  50  20  20  20  30  30  30  30  30
Temp............79  78  80  80  81  82  82  83  83  83  84  85
20 FT wind dir..ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..12  12  13  13  13  12  12  12  11  10  11  11
20 FT wind gust.17  17  18  18  18  17  17  17  15  14  15  15
SFC wnd dir.....ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE E   E   E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.12  12  13  13  13  12  12  12  11  10  11  11
SFC wnd gst.....17  17  18  18  18  17  17  17  15  14  15  15
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.14  15  15  15  17  17  17  15  15  15  13  13
Wave period (s).5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
Wave height (ft)3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Ceiling (kft)...10  10  10  10  11  11  4.5 4.5 4.5 5.8 5.8 8.5

$$
Forecaster...WAGNER
Requested by...Acting Commanding Officer Lindsay
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2321159.0/LIX
.DELDT 09/20/23
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL co.oregon@noaa.gov
National Weather Service National Headquarters
