Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
006 FNUS74 KLCH 281119 FWSLCH Spot Forecast for Black Branch...USFS National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 619 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on May 28. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (337) 477-5285, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Hot and humid will continue today, heat indices should remain just below heat advisory criteria. A return to more seasonal temperatures expected Wednesday through next weekend. Scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected each afternoon for the remainder of the week. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy fog early in the morning. Haze early in the morning. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 91. Min humidity........56 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 3 mph increasing to around 4 mph in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the morning becoming light, then becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 12 mph. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........67 72 62 58 57 45 43 40 46 59 67 57 Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Temp............76 75 76 79 82 86 87 88 90 90 91 86 RH..............97 100 100 94 88 77 70 66 62 60 56 65 20 FT wind dir..SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..1 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 9 10 13 13 14 14 14 14 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.6 3.2 3.6 3.0 2.6 1.6 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE S S SE SE Transp wind spd.5 5 7 8 9 9 12 12 12 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 71. Max humidity........97 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 4 mph decreasing to around 3 mph in the evening and overnight, then becoming light after 3 am. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening and overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the west around 12 mph after 3 am, then shifting to the north around 10 mph early in the morning. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........52 49 59 61 53 68 75 71 71 80 85 82 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Temp............82 79 77 75 74 73 73 73 72 72 72 72 RH..............72 82 87 90 90 90 93 90 93 93 90 93 20 FT wind dir..SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.14 13 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW Eye lvl wnd spd.4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S W N Transp wind spd.10 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 10 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........70 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 3 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 7 mph shifting to the east early in the morning, then shifting to the southeast 12 to 13 mph in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........85 84 75 72 79 75 72 69 67 65 64 64 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Temp............72 72 72 74 77 78 80 82 83 83 84 82 RH..............93 93 97 97 87 88 79 74 72 72 70 72 20 FT wind dir..E NE E E E E E E E E SE SE 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 9 9 10 12 13 13 13 14 13 Eye lvl wnd dir.E NE E E E E E E E E SE SE Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 2.6 Transp wind dir.N N E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.7 7 9 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 $$ Forecaster...SLAUGHTER Requested by...Todd Zumhofe Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415173.0/LCH .DELDT 05/28/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL a.t.zumhofe@usda.gov